The Untouchable Ex Wife by Mizuki Sei

“Ms. Everheart.”
Chase chased after Renee, who looked rather emaciated and lonely from the back.
“What is it?”
“Are you really going to leave now?”
“Why should I stay here?”
“You should hurry up and stop Boss! He’s not joking, you know. No one else in Carmine Pawnshop—no, no one else in Beach
City can stop him except you! If you leave now, then Mr. Q... no, then that devil Mr. Hunt will surely die!”
“Since you called him the devil yourself, then isn’t it right that he should die anyway?”
“You can say that,” Chase warned her with feeling, “but if he really dies, then he’ll really be gone forever. Won’t you be upset? Or
rather... aren’t you afraid of the consequences?”
Stefan Hunt had always been Carmine Pawnshop’s deadliest enemy. Back then, when the two parties were at war with each
other, Chase was one of the main forces fighting against him, and he even had his leg injured by the Hunt family, an injury from
which he still suffered long-term effects even now. Naturally, Chase also hated Stefan Hunt with a passion.
But when he remembered his interactions with Stefan Hunt in the past four years, he realized that the man was not as heinous
as he thought. He definitely did not deserve to die so easily.
“Hmph, upset? Why would I be?”
Renee turned her back against the water prison and sneered, “Should I be upset that he’d played me like a puppet? Or should I
be upset that he raised up my hopes, only to once again obliterate them into pieces? Or should I be upset that he gave up on me
again and again?”
She had always been a woman with high self-esteem and pride. The first time she got hurt, she was still strong enough to lick
her wounds and heal herself. But now that she was hurt by the same person again and again, she would not just be pitiful if she
forgave him again, but also pathetic!
“You’re right, Ms. Everheart. He should never have deceived you, but... what if he was forced to do it? No matter what, his love
for you had to be real, or he would never have rushed here without hesitation, even though he knew full well that he was running

headlong into a dead end, all just to keep you safe and sound.”
“That’s because he’s an idiot!” Renee gritted her teeth, her eyes reddening. “In that case, he’s getting what he deserves!”
‘What a foolish man!’ she thought. ‘You should’ve known that it’s a trap! It’s none of my business that you just run into it like an
idiot!’
“I have nothing more to say, Ms. Everheart. Just think about it yourself. I only hope that you don’t regret it later.”
After saying that, Chase heaved a long sigh and glanced at his watch before speaking in a tense voice, “By this point, the
snakes, bugs, and rats should’ve all been released. If it had been someone else, we would’ve heard them shouting and howling
in pain, but this guy is still completely silent. He really is a tough one!”
“...”
“And those creatures are no ordinary creatures, you know. The banded kraits would be the mildest ones among them...”
“The... the banded kraits? Aren’t they venomous?”
Renee gulped. Just thinking about it gave her goosebumps all over.
“They sure are! I hope they won’t bite him for no reason, but still... when the water gets hot, who knows where it will go to hide
away from the heat? And when the acid is added...”
“Stop it!”
Renee’s heart was thumping in her chest like a drum. She wished she could just ignore her conscience and walk away, but her
legs were as heavy as lead, and refused to move no matter what.
“Aaaaaaah!!!!”
Just then, Stefan’s tormented wail rang out from the water prison.