My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

Chapter 596

“Get out!” Bradley barked.

Kevin thought, ‘Well, Bradley does have cancer.’

He decided not to take offense and remained calm.

“Treat Esther well. Don’t lead her to her grave,” Kevin advised casually before leaving.

Perhaps it was a hidden tenderness within Bradley, flowing like a gentle stream and moistening his otherwise dry heart. He sat beside his hospital bed, gazing at the unconscious Esther. Memories of their time together at Primus Mansion drifted through his mind.

Esther had pretended to have amnesia back then, yet she was irresistibly charming. She warmed his heart in ways he couldn’t fully understand.

Without hesitation, Bradley reached for Esther’s soft hand, slightly chilled from the IV fluids. Almost instinctively, he held it tightly.

Stirring in her dazed state, Esther seemed unsettled. Bradley gently smoothed her knitted eyebrows.

“Brad, Brad,” filled with genuine emotion.

Bradley

sank into a

up, soaked in sweat, her clothes sticking to her body. Silently, she tiptoed

the room, finding Bradley still in bed. The rumpled sheets

wondered, ‘Maybe Bradley and Esther will reconcile, after

Esther whispered and signaled with her

onto the

on?”

have the 10:00 am. meeting with Jasper. Can you keep Bradley occupied?”

sighed. “Esther, Bradley cares about you,

my relationship with Jasper isn’t what you think,” Esther said softly, taking a deep

at Bradley, pondered momentarily, and finally whispered, “Esther, go now! I’ll

before slipping past Bradley.

briefly considered sedating