Chapter 867 He Wants Her to Die a Horrible Death

After spending the past days with Gilbert, she still could not believe what the warden said. She kept thinking of reasons to disprove the warden's accusation.

She clenched her hands and said tensely, "I found two of your jailers who said Gilbert had nothing to do with the fire."

"What do they know? They were just taking my orders, and it was I who liaised with Gilbert. At first, I didn't dare to do it, but Gilbert promised he would take all responsibility for it in case things went wrong. I asked him why he did it and why he had to burn the woman named Kisa; he said he hated her and would only be happy to see her die a horrible death."

'He would only be happy to see me die a horrible death? Heh, did he really say that? Were all the tenderness and affection he had shown me all these days a lie? But why did he have to go to such lengths to deceive me if it was a lie? If he really hated me, he could have just taken revenge on me by killing me straight away. Why bother beating around th