Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 20: Are You Planning to Be A Homewrecker?

Audrey’s POV

Hearing the familiar voice, I fell my heart skip a beat as I instinctively looked toward the doorway.

Blake stood there at some point, elegantly rolling up his sleeves as fill my ward, making the space feel smaller somehow.

walked in with a cold smile. His presence seemed to instantly

“My, my…” His eyes fixed on where James’s hand still held mine, “What a touching scene.

I watched as he moved deeper into the room, each step seemingly ending on my heart, making me unconsciously feel a bit nervous. “Promising to stay with a mantled woman…” is voler was filled with sarcasm. Mr. Collins, are you planning to be a homewrecker?”

James’s hand tensed over mine before he quickly withdrew it. “Mr. Parker, watch your month.”

Are my words:

closeness.”

“This

inappropriate, or are your actions unseemly? Blake moved closer, with a fake smile on his face, “How touching, your

isn’t what you’re thinking,” James started to explain, but Blake cut him off with a sharp gesture.

“So this is why you’re so desperate for divorce?” His eyes bore into mine, cold and accusing. “For him?”

Hearing this question, I felt something inside me grow still. Here he was, after spending every waking moment with Laurel since her return, having the nerve to question my integrity and my friendship with James? The bitter irony of it all nearly made me laugh.

has nothing to do with James,” my voice came out steadier than

never heard before, you’re the one

was suffocating. The familiar ache in my stomach began to intensify, but I forced myself

since Laurel returned,” he continued, each word precise and cutting, “you’ve been acting out – terminating our child, announcing divorce at Grandfather’s

mention of William’s birthday made my chest tighten. The

the public humiliation, Thalia’s slaps, Blake rushing to

on me as a cruel smile played at his lips. “You know, I actually felt guilty before, thinking I’d neglected you by paying too much attention

of this was just an act. You ve been conspiring with

sneer on Blake’s face. The pain in my stomach was

through the tension, his voice tight with barely contained anger. “Audrey’s health is

your words!

temperature. “I’ve checked. Just some minor stomach issues.

bleeding to get my attention, aren’t you?” His

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his sarcastir words, I had never felt him more like a stranger than

as a simple stomach ailment to hide the truth. But James had seen through it almost Immediately. If blake had shown even a fraction of the concern he

long ago.

stood up so quickly his chair scraped

him off

The last thing I needed was Blake’s pity- or

deafening. Blake’s gaze flickered between us, something dark and possessive flashing in

loved me,” he finally said, his voice unnaturally calm. “Refusing divorce no matter what

caged predator. “But right after finding a replacement, you’re desperate

came out like a whip crack: “Now let me tell you, Audrey. Until I agree, you’ll remain Mrs. Parker

his words s wasn’t lost on me. Until death if

James! Everything between Laurel and