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

before, you’re the one being unfaithful with Laurel Rose. Don’t project your sins onto

The familiar ache in my stomach began to intensify, but I forced

cutting, “you’ve been acting out – terminating

William’s birthday made my chest tighten. The memory of last

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

fixed 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

now I see – all of this was just an act. You

as I looked at the sneer on Blake’s face. The pain in my stomach was nothing compared to the despair crushing my

voice tight with barely contained anger. “Audrey’s health

your words!

room temperature. “I’ve checked. Just some

to copy Laurel’s bleeding to get my attention, aren’t

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listening to his sarcastir words, I had never felt him more like a stranger than in this

to list my canter as a simple stomach ailment to hide the truth. But James had seen through

long ago.

up so quickly his chair scraped again the floor. Blake Parker, have you na conscience?

cut him off before he

needed was Blake’s pity-

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

he finally said, his voice unnaturally calm. “Refusing

predator. “But right

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

of his words s wasn’t lost on me. Until

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

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