Chapter 240: Confession

Alan said, “Of course. If I didn’t say that, how could you agree to kill General Hawthorne?”

“Do you think I will really believe you? You said there was a deep hatred between you two, and that Frederick sent you to prison.”

“So what? He got engaged to you in the end. And you became his fiancée. This is a fact.”

“Look at his expression. Isn’t that the proof? Look how much pain he is in.”

“I like this scene so much. I want to take a picture of it.” Alan was very excited.

Claire didn’t look at Alan, but stared at Frederick’s eyes. She saw the pain in his eyes, the shock, the endurance. It was like a knife stabbing deep into her heart, hurting her. The water in the dungeon had already covered Claire’s mouth, and when she moved slightly, the water covered her nose, causing her to choke. The more Claire coughed, the more her body shook. And water flooded her nose.

“Carry Ms. Prescott up. We can’t let Ms. Prescott drown. After all, she has done a great deed.”

Seeing this, Alan quickly ordered his men to release Claire from the water dungeon. He said, “Oh, by the way, release General Hawthorne. Otherwise, he will drown.”

“However, he was so brave and skilled in fighting on the battlefield. Naturally, he must die in a blazing manner. He should suffer the most painful torture in the world.”

“He will enjoy these last twenty-four hours of pain.”

After Claire was released, Frederick was almost unable to hold on, so Alan had Frederick released as well.

Alan said, “General Hawthorne, your fiancée did this to you. Are you very sad? Your physical strength has been overdrawn to the limit now, right? In this extreme physical overdraft situation, you are tortured, how painful you should be?”

Frederick was lying on the ground, curled up in pain with his eyes bloodshot. Alan kept clapping and cheering.

Claire rushed to Frederick. “Frederick, how are you?”

Frederick grabbed his arms tightly with both hands and opened his mouth but could not speak.

Looking at Frederick like this, Claire’s mind was filled with what Alan had just said, that Frederick would suffer great pain within 24 hours, and then die. Claire stood there in a daze, looking at Frederick.

She thought, “Is he going to die? Frederick is going to die? Is this person in front of me going to disappear from this world? I will never see Frederick again from now on.”

Claire said, “Frederick, don’t scare me… I don’t want you to die, Frederick. I had no other choice. I had to save myself, so I could only pretend to cooperate with Alan. I know you don’t love me. You even hate me because of Anna’s death. But even so, I have never thought of killing you. I just want to protect myself. I want to live. After I got out of prison, I only want to live like an ordinary person.”

After a long time, Claire came back to her senses and cried loudly.

Alan said, “So touching. I didn’t expect that. But this is even better.” He clapped his hands. “Come on, since Ms. Prescott is so deeply in love with General Hawthorne, we have to do something.”

“Well, let’s have some fun with Ms. Prescott right in front of General Hawthorne. Have you guys not been out playing with women for a long time?” The men beside him whistled excitedly.

“Great!”