My Husband Wants Me Dead (Esther and Bradley) novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Jasper was in a navy suit, and his hair was slightly long and curled.

He smirked and asked indifferently, “I’d also love to know when you will divorce Esther, Mr. Warner.”

Bradley snickered. “Jasper, as your business rival, consider this a kind word of advice from me. There are plenty of fish in the ocean. Why waste your time on a murderer?”

‘Murderer?’ Jasper shook his head in his mind.

He could not fathom why the sharp and ruthless Bradley in the business world was this stupid about women.

“Bradley, you must be blind not to see Esther’s worth.”

Jasper and Bradley stood at loggerheads. Their commanding presence put their assistants and secretaries in distress.

“If you divorce Esther right now, I’ll marry her right off the bat.”

Bradley smirked cruelly and went straight to the point. “Your family won’t agree.”

Jasper shrugged, saying, “I graduated from Stanford. Even without the Searle family’s background as support, I won’t starve my wife. You, however, shouldn’t you give a title to the woman who has given birth to your child?”

There was a dark glint in Bradley’s eyes.

It was like Jasper did not see it as he uttered nonchalantly, “See you.”

He walked past Bradley and entered the elevator.

As the elevator’s doors were closing, Bradley suddenly turned around and stared at the closing doors, meeting Jasper’s challenging gaze.

It suddenly felt like it was a cold winter.

Cole stepped away discreetly and carefully avoided being hit by Bradley’s frosty aura.

The elevator doors opened. Jasper found the hospital ward Esther was in.

An ache swept past his heart as he saw her like this out of the blue.

In the past five years, Jasper had wanted to visit Esther in prison numerous times, but she refused to see him.

This was their first meeting after what had happened five years ago.

Esther was no longer the bright and sunny girl she used to be. She was all skin and bones, like a walking skeleton. Her empty eyes had lost their sparkle.

Jasper took a deep breath and greeted her hoarsely. “Esther, it’s been a while.”

Esther cracked a smile when she turned around to look at Jasper.

“You look more and more like a boss now, Jasper.”

Jasper gestured for his assistant and secretary to drop the suitcases and entered the ward alone.

“You didn’t want to see me or accept what I sent these five years. Are you punishing yourself, Esther? Or are you blaming me for not saving you?”

Esther paused before she shook her head lightly. She said in exhaustion, “I’ve never blamed you. After what happened, those people I used to know avoided me like the plague, but you were the only one who believed my innocence. I’m grateful for that.”

There was no doubt that Jasper believed in Esther. Thomas had been treating her like family and was the one who had contributed to her marriage. There was no reason for her to kill him.

He even suspected that the video Bradley had shown in court had been edited, but the evaluation of the professional computer expert confirmed that it was original.

Whatever it was, Jasper would not believe that Esther would do anything to harm Thomas.

“Mr. Thomas seemed to have woken up once after you were sent to prison, but the Warners had blocked the news. As such, I can’t be sure how true it is.

“Not too long ago, though, the lawyer announced his will after Mr. Thomas passed. You get to inherit 1/3 of his shares in the Warner Group.

“Esther, I’ll help you if you want to prove your innocence.”

Esther asked self-deprecatingly, “My innocence is no longer important. The truth of the incident doesn’t matter anymore, either. Because even if the evidence is placed before Bradley, he won’t believe it. He’ll only believe what he thinks.”

Jasper then asked, “Will you get a divorce?”

“Divorce? That’s for sure.”

There was an unprecedented certainty in Esther’s tone. She used to see marrying Bradley as her biggest dream in life. To fulfill it, she had given up on her career and thrown her pride away to become Bradley’s wife.

She used to naively think that she would be the happiest woman marrying Bradley, only to find that the marriage was the start of her life to hell.

Jasper was quiet for a moment before looking up gently.

“I can introduce a professional divorce lawyer to you if you want to do that.”

Esther was sincerely thankful. “Thank you, Jasper. But I have something I need your help with.”

“What is it?” Jasper straightened up.

“Please find my kids for me.”