Chapter 23

Serena was eating breakfast when she saw the bloodied Hunter and gasped in shock. "Hunter! What happened?" She rushed to support him, her heart aching at the gruesome wounds covering his body. Henry had shown no mercy—each lash seemed to have been struck with full force, leaving Hunter's flesh torn and barely clinging to life. But today was the fifth day. Today, he would get to look for Nadine. Hunter couldn't help but laugh. "What do we need to do today?" Serena hesitated. She hadn't expected Hunter to completely disregard his injuries, and his mind was fixated only on Nadine. Meeting his hopeful gaze, she delivered the cruel demand. "Marry me, Hunter. Nadine is dead—tearing up the divorce papers changes nothing. The final requirement is to marry me." Hunter had agreed to every outrageous request Serena had made before, but this one made his face turn deathly pale. "Impossible." He refused outright. "This is the last thing. It's the fifth day, Hunter. I don't need a wedding o