Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 54

Audrey’s POV

My heart skipped a beat. “Blake?“.

“Yeah, I thought I’d found you a place secluded enough, but he still managed to track you down!”

I sat up straighter, gripping the phone tighter. ‘What’s he doing at my place?”

“Says you stood him up, came to settle scores – he’s completely lost it!” Astrid’s voice still carried her heavy anger. He somehow convinced himself you were home, and when he didn’t have a key, he just kicked your door in!”

“When I got there, he was standing in your apartment with his precious Laurel Rose. That scene is just too disgusting so I kicked them both out!”

She continued, apparently trying to tidy up my apartment. “They’ve turned your whole place upside down. Were they looking for something specific or just being destructive?”

As Astrid’s words sank in, my mind went blank for a moment.

Snow!

name burst into my mind with such force I nearly dropped the phone. “Astrid,” I cut through her tirade, panic clawing up my throat. “The cat –

moving, voice shifting as she searched. “That’s what felt off! Under the

jump. “She hides when she’s scared,

Ethan’s question floated past me, barely

was the only pure thing to come out of my marriage? The only warmth in those endless nights when Blake’s side of the bed stayed cold and empty? That in a life where I’d learned to expect nothing, she’d

fortune. The mansions. The cars. All of

had gone soft in a way that made my blood run cold. “I’ve looked everywhere under the sofa, under the bed, in all the closets…” She paused. “Usually when I visit, she comes running as soon as I

me that had nothing to do with my illness. She was an indoor cat, completely unprepared

to come there,” I said, already trying to push myself up from

to my bed. His concern was too

breath cut through the silence. “What’s going on? Audrey? Where are you –

to push myself up

gently took the phone from my trembling hands. “Hey Astrid, this is