Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 20

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.

my voice came out steadier

took on an edge I’d never heard before, you’re the one being unfaithful with Laurel Rose. Don’t project your sins

second. Blake’s presence was suffocating. The

returned,” he continued, each word precise and cutting, “you’ve been acting

birthday made my chest tighten. The memory of last

slaps, Blake rushing

know, I actually felt guilty before, thinking I’d

act. You ve been conspiring with your dear senior Collins all along, haven’t

the sneer on Blake’s face. The pain in my stomach was nothing compared to the

the tension, his voice tight with barely contained

your words!

lower the room temperature. “I’ve checked. Just some minor

get my attention, aren’t you?” His eyes narrowed.

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listening to his sarcastir words, I had never felt him more like a stranger than in this monsent. A bitter smile played at my

list my canter 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 wished on Laurel, he would

long ago.

so quickly his chair scraped again

cut him off before he

was

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

his voice unnaturally calm.

like a caged predator. “But

“Now let me tell you, Audrey.

Until death if only he knew how soon

like yours with James! Everything between Laurel and me is open

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