Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

hapter 30

Miss Rose, I said, my voice carrying clearly across the room. “Since you seem to eager for an apology…

Before anyone could react, I raised my hand and, channeling every ounce of strength I fad left, brought it down across her face with a resounding top. 11 time, there would be no question about whose handprint it was.

I could see her made–up cheek swelling visibly.

There, I said, geting her shocked gaze steadily. “That one was definitely from me. I’m so sorry, Miss Rose. Is that the apology you wanted?

Audrey! Blake’s voice thundered through the room as he pulled Laurel closer. ‘It was just an apology! Did you have to take it this far?

“Blake, darling…” Laurel’s voice wavered, showing her vulnerability. “It hurts so much…

I turned away from their little tableau, the burning in my stomach intensifying. “I believe we’re done here.”

in an exclusive area of the Hamptons, far from the usual taxi routes. I crouched by the roadside, staring at the rain puddles dotting the driveway. After the third failed

asked

said you were at Mayo Clinic. “I was heading to the hospital to see you after work, Astrid’s voice crackled with

–

roar of an engine interrupted. My head turned instinctively toward

approached like an advancing storm. I barely had time to register his expression through the tinted windows before the vehicle tore past me, deliberately hitting the deeper puddles. The spray of muddy water

a wry smile tugging at my lips. Of course. Trust Blake Parker to take revenge

I thought,

Blake’s POV

was reviewing some documents when I noticed Laurel’s silence.

attention.

other absently pulled at some grass growing near the flower bed. She