Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 27

Blake’s POV

Grandpa’s words echoed through the grand living room, and my jaw clenched involuntarily. How dare he suggest I let Audrey go? After everything thời bất happened at his birthday celebration, after her public declaration of divorce, after that scene with James Collins – now my own grandfather was taking bet side?

Before I could respond, Laurel’s quiet sob drew my attention. She stood by the white marble pillar, one hand pressed delicately against it los support, her fate a perfect picture of distress.

It’s all my fault…” Her voice trembled with carefully controlled emotion. If I had known my return would cause such damage to Blake and Audrey’s marriage, I would have rather died in Europe than come back…”

I watched her dab at her eyes with a monogrammed handkerchief, something twisting uncomfortably in my chest. She looked so fragile, so genuinely remorseful. This wasn’t how tonight was supposed to go.

Laurel turned toward the door, but her steps were deliberately slow, almost theatrical. “Perhaps… perhaps I should just go back to Europe…

years ago when Blake was in a coma, you went to Europe for three months to help search

the air like smoke, acrid and bitter. “If you hadn’t gone to Europe then, someone like her would never have had the chance

Audrey’s lips curve into

Europe seeking treatments, did you take any of

still water, ripples of tension spreading through the room. I frowned, something about

continued. “His vital signs data? Or his

turned a shade paler, her composure cracking just slightly. The

of hair behind her ear, her voice carrying a deadly calm. “When Blake was in a coma three years ago, I was the one taking care of him. I worked with the nurses to monitor all his vital signs. I still have

had only come to visit me in the hospital occasionally, but she had come almost

online sources. Three years ago, you joined an acting training camp the moment you arrived in Europe, spending six months on

the handkerchief. Something cold settled in my stomach as I remembered those months confusion of waking up from the coma, everyone telling me how Laurel had been searching for