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!

the phone. “Astrid,” I cut through her tirade, panic clawing up my throat.

god, I could hear her moving, voice shifting as she searched. “That’s what felt off! Under the couch?

word came out sharp enough to make Ethan jump. “She hides when she’s scared, and with strangers breaking

way?” Ethan’s question floated past me, barely

come out of my marriage? The only warmth in those endless nights

fortune. The mansions. The cars.

a way that made my blood run cold. “I’ve looked everywhere under the sofa, under

sent waves of nausea through me that had nothing to do with my illness. She was an indoor cat, completely unprepared for the streets of New York. The thought of her

push myself up from the hospital bed. “Ethan, help

His concern was too obvious. “Are you sure? You

of breath cut through the silence. “What’s going on? Audrey?

myself up despite the way the room

my trembling hands. “Hey Astrid, this is Ethan we met at