When Jason held her hand, what surprised Claire was that her hand felt very warm. Oh no, it was not just warm, his body temperature was extremely hot and definitely abnormal."Jason..." She looked intently at the man on the bed again, and only then did she notice the unnatural flush in his cheeks.Jason probably had a fever.With that thought, Claire used her other hand to check his forehead.When she did, she pulled her hand back in surprise.His fever was very high."Don't leave me. Don't go." Jason muttered as he pulled Claire's hand tightly, repeating the words over and over.He must have thought that she was Alice.Claire tried to pull her hand away, but Jason's grip was so strong that her struggle was futile.She happened to see his cell phone on the nightstand, and with great difficulty she tried to grab it, then used Jason's index finger to unlock it, then found Theo's number and called him.No one answered the first time, so she tried again.It was after midnight and she didn
"I am human too. I can feel pain and sadness," Claire said. It was the first time she had ever broken down and cried in front of Jason and looked so weak.The woman cried like a battered child. "Why are you doing this to me, what have I done wrong?"But Claire was not Alice, and even if she cried with all the sadness she had long harbored, she would not win Jason's heart, because in his eyes, Claire's tears were nothing more than a tool to gain sympathy.Claire looked at his cold and indifferent expression and suddenly realized that her tears were just a joke.She could cry in front of anyone, but not in front of this man.Suddenly, Claire laughed, her tear-stained face smiling brightly. "I almost forgot, you never believed my tears, so it seems my fake crying didn't work on you."Jason's hands slowly tightened at her sides and Claire could clearly feel his anger growing."Even if that's true, do you think I care?" he asked. "Even if you don't want me to touch you while I'm imagining
Calvin came out of his room, probably because he heard Claire's scream, while the others knew they could not interfere."Dad?" Calvin greeted his father. "What happened? Why is Aunt Claire screaming?""I had a quarrel with her," Jason answered honestly. "You don't want her to leave, do you? So don't try to help her out of the room this time!"Calvin hesitated for a moment before nodding."Good. Go back to your room," his father ordered, and Calvin went back to his room without saying anything more.Claire's screams could no longer be heard as she collapsed exhausted on the floor next to the bed. She hugged herself as she shivered and cried. She looked around. What if there was another fire? What if she couldn't get out of here while the fire consumed the entire building?Just then, someone opened the door and walked in. It was Jason.Claire ran to him immediately. "Jason, please... don't lock me in. Don't keep the door locked. I promise... I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going anywhe
Jason unconsciously raised his hand to touch Claire's head, but he suddenly realized that Theo was standing at the door, and the man was so startled that he reflexively pushed Claire's head away from him.Claire, who had been concentrating on applying the medicine, fell to the bed in a daze. "What the hell?" she asked irritably, holding her head as she tried to get up."Looks like I came at a bad time." Theo, who was standing in the doorway, saw the incident and couldn't help but laugh."At least close the door!" Jason said to Claire. He really didn't notice that the door to his room was not closed. "And you, couldn't you have knocked before coming in?" he said to Theo.Theo came in with medical equipment: "The door was open, so I didn't have to knock."Jason looked at him angrily. "Who told you to come? I didn't call you today.""She told me to come." Theo pointed at Claire. "She called me last night and said you had a high fever. But I couldn't come last night, so I came today."Cla
Inside the women's prison.Claire Wynne slowly reached the door with a big belly.She had been locked up for two days and had eaten nothing because of that man.A piece of bread was kicked near the door and she reached out her red hands to pick up the hard, dirty bread and ate it bit by bit.Suddenly the door opened. "Claire Wynne, you have a visitor," a prison guard said.Without time to think, Claire was roughly dragged and pushed into the visiting room.Behind the door, she finally saw the man she had loved for ten years."How is your mother?" She asked sadly."How dare you ask that!" Jason Bradford suddenly grabbed her by the neck and looked extremely cruel, as if he wanted to kill her. "Because of you, my mother will never wake up again. It's okay that you tricked me into sleeping with you and kidnapped Alice. I can let all that go. But how dare you hurt my mother when she loves you so much!"Claire could only shake her head. She had loved him since they were in college, but she
"Ah!" Claire woke up from her nightmare.She immediately touched her stomach, but her flat stomach made her sad.There was nothing there because her child had died in the fire.It had been five years since that day, but she repeated the same dream every night. The nightmare where the flames almost took her life.Thick smoke surrounded her and consumed her, her baby was pale and not breathing, and Jason's cold and cruel appearance also appeared.Whatever was in that nightmare had killed her. Although five years had passed, when she thought about it, she could still feel the pain.Suddenly, the phone rang and it was a call from Laura."Damn, the opening ceremony is about to start, why haven't you come yet?" Laura grumbled as soon as Claire answered the phone.She was Laura's personal assistant. Laura had some activities today and Claire had to be at the hotel before the promised time.Claire hurried off and a few minutes later the taxi pulled up right in front of the hotel. Claire got o
In a room where cleaning supplies like brooms and others were kept, Claire cowered in the corner and hid, shaking. "I really want to kill you." "It's better that you die here." "I told you not to get pregnant! This child doesn't deserve to be born." The truly painful and cruel words spoken by Jason came back to her mind and made Claire cry with a broken heart as she lowered her face to her knees. From the beginning of their marriage, she did everything to please Jason because she loved him, but all she got from Jason was humiliation, coldness, and disgust. Even after they were married, Chloe, Jason's ex-girlfriend, continued to lie and provoke him, and Jason still chose to believe Chloe. He never believed Claire. It hurts, but Claire holds on, hoping that one day Jason will love her. In recent years, after surviving death in a prison fire, Claire believes that Laura was still unpopular and attracted little media attention. So it was impossible for her to meet Jason i
"Who are you?" Claire took a step back and looked at the man blocking her with annoyance. "Miss. Chloe, Mr. Bradford would like to see you, please come with me." He was Jason's man. "Mr. Bradford? The owner of DA Group? But I'm in a hurry, he doesn't know me anyway." Claire pretended not to recognize him and turned to leave, but several men in black suits immediately surrounded her. Claire suddenly turned pale. "What do you want?" She snapped. "Mr. Bradford wants to see you, don't be afraid." "But what for? I don't know him." Claire began to shake, "Step aside, I have to go." "Come with us to meet him and we'll see if you know him or not." Paul came and motioned for the guards to take her. Claire immediately panicked, "Let me go, why are you being so pushy? I don't want to see him, I don't want to. Let me go... Help, help..." She didn't want to look at Jason because she hated him so much. * * * At the Bradford house. Just as Jason arrived home, the butler ent
Jason unconsciously raised his hand to touch Claire's head, but he suddenly realized that Theo was standing at the door, and the man was so startled that he reflexively pushed Claire's head away from him.Claire, who had been concentrating on applying the medicine, fell to the bed in a daze. "What the hell?" she asked irritably, holding her head as she tried to get up."Looks like I came at a bad time." Theo, who was standing in the doorway, saw the incident and couldn't help but laugh."At least close the door!" Jason said to Claire. He really didn't notice that the door to his room was not closed. "And you, couldn't you have knocked before coming in?" he said to Theo.Theo came in with medical equipment: "The door was open, so I didn't have to knock."Jason looked at him angrily. "Who told you to come? I didn't call you today.""She told me to come." Theo pointed at Claire. "She called me last night and said you had a high fever. But I couldn't come last night, so I came today."Cla
Calvin came out of his room, probably because he heard Claire's scream, while the others knew they could not interfere."Dad?" Calvin greeted his father. "What happened? Why is Aunt Claire screaming?""I had a quarrel with her," Jason answered honestly. "You don't want her to leave, do you? So don't try to help her out of the room this time!"Calvin hesitated for a moment before nodding."Good. Go back to your room," his father ordered, and Calvin went back to his room without saying anything more.Claire's screams could no longer be heard as she collapsed exhausted on the floor next to the bed. She hugged herself as she shivered and cried. She looked around. What if there was another fire? What if she couldn't get out of here while the fire consumed the entire building?Just then, someone opened the door and walked in. It was Jason.Claire ran to him immediately. "Jason, please... don't lock me in. Don't keep the door locked. I promise... I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going anywhe
"I am human too. I can feel pain and sadness," Claire said. It was the first time she had ever broken down and cried in front of Jason and looked so weak.The woman cried like a battered child. "Why are you doing this to me, what have I done wrong?"But Claire was not Alice, and even if she cried with all the sadness she had long harbored, she would not win Jason's heart, because in his eyes, Claire's tears were nothing more than a tool to gain sympathy.Claire looked at his cold and indifferent expression and suddenly realized that her tears were just a joke.She could cry in front of anyone, but not in front of this man.Suddenly, Claire laughed, her tear-stained face smiling brightly. "I almost forgot, you never believed my tears, so it seems my fake crying didn't work on you."Jason's hands slowly tightened at her sides and Claire could clearly feel his anger growing."Even if that's true, do you think I care?" he asked. "Even if you don't want me to touch you while I'm imagining
When Jason held her hand, what surprised Claire was that her hand felt very warm. Oh no, it was not just warm, his body temperature was extremely hot and definitely abnormal."Jason..." She looked intently at the man on the bed again, and only then did she notice the unnatural flush in his cheeks.Jason probably had a fever.With that thought, Claire used her other hand to check his forehead.When she did, she pulled her hand back in surprise.His fever was very high."Don't leave me. Don't go." Jason muttered as he pulled Claire's hand tightly, repeating the words over and over.He must have thought that she was Alice.Claire tried to pull her hand away, but Jason's grip was so strong that her struggle was futile.She happened to see his cell phone on the nightstand, and with great difficulty she tried to grab it, then used Jason's index finger to unlock it, then found Theo's number and called him.No one answered the first time, so she tried again.It was after midnight and she didn
When Claire walked into Jason's room, the man was leaning against the bed, his face looking more tired than yesterday, his lips more dry and cracked, he looked weak.Claire stood outside the door for a long time, waiting for Jason to throw her out, but he didn't say anything, just kept looking at something on his phone, and the atmosphere seemed a little awkward.Claire thought she could leave quietly, but that seemed wrong, so she said: "Turns out you're already better than yesterday."Jason looked at her. "You came early in the morning to see if I was dead or not, right?"Hoping Jason would chase her away, Claire deliberately baited him, "Yes, but unfortunately God didn't hear my inner screams and let you live a healthy life."Jason's eyes narrowed and his jaw clenched in annoyance.Claire pursed her lips and smiled slightly, "Okay, I guess you don't want to see me either, so I'd better go, okay?" she said hopefully."Stay here!" Jason said casually, then his attention returned to h
As Claire passes Jason's office, she overhears Mandy provoking Jason by suggesting that Claire had a secret meeting with Gabriel and that they looked very intimate."Are you stalking me?" Claire angrily opened the door.At that moment, Mandy was apparently at the table preparing the food she had brought for Jason.When she saw Claire, her face darkened.Claire looked at Jason, smiled and said to Mandy, "Are you so interested in my life that you know where I am and what I'm doing? You even know that I met with Gabriel just to talk about the rumors.""Of course I care, you are my sister." Mandy said with a fake smile.Claire smiled in disgust. "But your expression is really fake and too obvious. Even though Gabriel and I tried to cover ourselves with jackets and masks, even hats, these clothes are not the clothes I usually wear, but you still recognized us. What excuse can you make unless you were following us?"Mandy was a little angry, but she couldn't get angry in front of Jason.Thi
Claire unconsciously fell asleep, and when she woke up, she found Theo sitting next to her bed.The man closed the magazine he was reading and said with a smile, "If I hadn't notice you, I would have thought you were dead."Claire didn't say anything. She had just gotten up to sit down and still felt resentment in her heart because of the previous problem.Theo knew what she was thinking. He sighed, "Actually, you don't have to argue with Jason. If you behave well in front of him, you will at least have a chance to survive. I've told you that many times, haven't I?"Claire smiled ironically. "And I've also told you many times that I don't want to do that, right?"Theo said with a serious face, "Your illness is getting worse and I think you could die in less than a year. So you'd better beg Jason. I mean... I'm willing to help you get better for free, but medicine and medical equipment and all your treatments cost a lot of money. And the fastest way to get that kind of money is if Jaso
Claire ended up not working. She went home with Jason while Gabriel met with the director. Jason pulled her into the car even though it was pouring rain, and during the ride home, the atmosphere in the car was quiet and somber. When they got home, without saying anything, Jason slammed the door, leaned back in the seat and smoked a cigarette.He and Claire were soaking wet.Claire followed him in, hugged herself from the cold, and said shakily, "You can say whatever you want, or you can punish me directly. There's no need to act like this," she said. She hated this silent treatment. Especially when she was cold and in pain.Jason's face darkened. It was frightening.Remembering his grandmother, Claire pursed her lips and asked, "Is Grandma okay?""Shut up! You don't deserve to ask about her!" Jason shouted angrily, then the wound on his chest started bleeding again. It kept bleeding because he was supposed to rest at home and not move around much, but today even the bandage was wet
Claire finally drove herself to the set in a taxi.It was cold and rainy when the reporters suddenly swarmed her, asking over and over, "Chloe, are you really Mrs. Claire Bradford?""Does Mr. Bradford know your true identity? Has he forgiven you yet?" "Mrs. Bradford, what is your relationship to Gabriel?""Mrs. Bradford, what really happened in the prison fire a few years ago and how did you survive?""If you are really Claire Wynne, the wife of the head of the DA's office, why are you hiding your identity now?""Ms. Chloe, are you really Claire?"The questions were fired at Claire relentlessly until she felt nothing but a dizzy sensation in her head. She wanted to run, but she couldn't. She wanted to cover her ears and scream to stop the journalists who kept asking questions and taking pictures, but no one was listening. Suddenly, someone stood behind her, drawing the attention of all the reporters.Surprised, Claire immediately raised her head. It turned out to be Jason, and she t