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.”

the usual taxi routes. I crouched by the roadside, staring at the rain puddles dotting the driveway. After the third failed attempt

get me?” I asked when she answered.

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

–

of an engine interrupted. My head turned instinctively toward the sound, though I already knew

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

course. Trust Blake Parker to take revenge for his precious Laurel in the most. childishly dramatic way possible. So much for his grand speech about apologies making everything

petty man, I thought, brushing ineffectually

Blake’s POV

I noticed Laurel’s silence. Following her gaze out the window, I saw

attention.

some grass growing near the flower bed.