My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

Bradley did not want his son to be exposed to life and death too early, so he reassured him, “It’s because she’s very tired. When she’s had enough sleep, she’ll wake up.”

“Daddy, the pretty woman smells really nice!” Felix placed his little hand under Bradley’s nose, asking softly, “It’s sweet, like a sweet peach.”

Perhaps Felix’s description was too detailed. Bradley actually smelled a faint peach fragrance from Felix’s little hand, a fragrance so familiar that it made his heart race.

Bradley, who looked fierce and menacing before Esther, had a rare gentle expression as he asked his son, “Felix, do you want peaches?”

Felix glanced deeply at Esther, then at Bradley, struggling and hesitating in his heart.

“Daddy…”

Bradley asked, “What’s the matter?”

“Can I give the pretty woman a kiss?” asked Felix.

“A kiss?” asked Bradley.

and said in a childish manner. “I’m a little

to tell Felix that fairy tales were lies, but he could not say it. He did not want to shatter Felix’s innocence. He indulgently put Felix back on the hospital bed, allowing him to try and wake up Esther with a

Esther’s face and kissed her cheek

looked at Esther, who still showed no signs of waking up, and felt a bit discouraged.” Daddy, why isn’t the

reached out and gently rubbed Felix’s puzzled little face, explaining, “Maybe Sleeping Beauty hasn’t had enough

his

“What do you know?”

he looked at Bradley and said slyly, “It must be because I’m not a real

boy grabbed his arm as if he had discovered something new and said, “I’m a little prince, so my energy isn’t enough. Sleeping Beauty definitely needs the big prince to wake her up! Daddy, come and kiss the sleeping beauty

Felix’s whimsical thinking, his tone harsh and

No more nonsense.”

into tears with a loud cry and sobbed. “Daddy, I’m not talking nonsense! The prince’s kiss awakens Sleeping Beauty! If you