He Locked Me in an Oven for Her, So I Called My Brother to Bury Them Both Chapter 02

He Locked Me in an Oven for Her, So I Called My Brother to Bury Them Both Chapter 02

The second I spoke, Khloe’s father suddenly shouted loud enough to drown out my begging, “Mr. Brooks, Mrs. Brooks has such a gorgeous figure. Even pregnant, she’s stunning—can’t take my eyes off her…”

My hoarse voice vanished into thin air.

The old man stared at me with hungry, unbridled eyes.

The gaze was disgusting. I hugged myself and shrank into the corner.

But after hours of scorching heat, the second I lifted my foot, the entire skin on my sole tore away from the flesh, bright red blood gushing out at once.

The searing pain made me nearly collapse on one leg. I stumbled and stepped down, and my raw foot pressed straight into the burning metal floor.

A whitehot agony shot through my skull, and I screamed shrilly.

Asher clearly heard my scream. He frowned, shot Khloe’s father a warning look, and strode to the small window.

At the sight of the whole piece of foot skin and fresh blood on the metal, his chest twisted sharply.

He was about to speak when Khloe walked over weakly, biting her lip. “Mrs. Brooks, just say you’re sorry to Asher. Even if you don’t mean it. You know how he is—he won’t let you out unless you apologize…”

My insides were churning, and I was nearly cooked alive by the heat. I opened my mouth but could make no sound.

Seeing my state, Khloe smirked quietly. She suddenly slapped herself several times, then cried out that she wanted to come inside and suffer alongside me.

“Asher, if Mrs. Brooks won’t apologize, let me go in there with her. I can’t stand to see her suffer like this. Let’s pretend it’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have gotten heatstroke. I shouldn’t have gone to the ICU!”

Seeing how kind-hearted Khloe was being, whatever flicker of sympathy Asher might have felt for me vanished in an instant.

He glared at me furiously, his voice full of disappointment. “Callie, you’ve disappointed me terribly. You used to have a sense of shame, but now you’re shameless. You hurt Khloe and feel no regret at all. She actually wants to go in there and keep you company. How are you even worthy of that?”

“Fine. If this is how you want to play it, I’ll teach you a lesson your dead father never did!”

He waved a hand and ordered, “Turn the temperature up another 10°F. At 140°F, I don’t believe you’ll keep being stubborn! You don’t come out until you apologize!”

At his words, the other maids hurried over and begged for mercy. “Sir, please spare Mrs. Brooks this time. She’s eight months pregnant. The heat in there is deadly for the baby.”

Asher frowned and glanced at me through the small window.

He fell silent for a few seconds and was about to nod when Khloe suddenly cried out and collapsed to the floor.

Asher quickly swept her into his arms, “Khloe, what’s wrong? I’ll take you to the hospital.”

Khloe shook her head, tears glistening in her eyes, “I’m just frail. My ICU stay was my own fault, not Mrs. Brooks’s. Everyone is begging for her, so please let her go, Asher. I’m fine…”

Before she finished, she curled up in pain, gasping violently as if she were about to pass out.

That “Fine” Asher had been about to say died in his throat. Ultimately, the word never left his lips. When he spoke again, his voice was cold and sharp.

“When someone does something wrong, they have to be punished. Just do as I say.”

The maids glanced at my miserable form inside the heat chamber and tried to beg again, but Asher silenced them with a cold stare.

“Khloe was only trying to help her with the pregnancy. Not only did she refuse to be grateful, she smashed a window and hurt Khloe. She still won’t admit she’s wrong—she deserves to suffer! Beg one more time, and you’re all fired.”

He paused and added, “Go. Turn up the temperature. And have an ambulance wait outside.”

Hearing that, the maids dared not speak another word.

Khloe’s mother exchanged a look with Khloe, then hurried to turn up the heat.

When she returned, the temperature inside the chamber read 160°F.

She had again cranked it up 20°F.