Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 73

Audrey’s POV

The sickeninety familiar voler flered through the road, making me minutity from 1 bed the shit out an netfumuner ton many times before.

Blake dailing! The words carried that parflestar hote of breathires desperation 14 grown to fare

Taurel burst through the doorway like she owned it, a vision in piletine white the male stright for Blake with the kind of drypende urgener that bet in daytime trap operes. In one full matish, she’d wrapped herself around him, hey are finding their pracneed position at his water.

I’ve been looking everywhere for you! She pressed her face against his cheat

The room fell completely silent as het dramatic entrance shocked everyone.

Felix’s eyebrow rose sharply as he glanced my way, silently questioning. I could only offer a helpless shrug in response. What else could I do? This was hardly the first time Laurel had orchestrated such a performance, and I doubted it would be the last

William Parker’s reaction was immediate and thunderous. His walking stick struck the marble floor with enough force to make the crystal decanters rattle. “Charles!” His voice carried the kind of authority that made Wall Street titans tremble. “What is the meaning of this?”

The veins in his neck stood out as he continued, ‘Is our mansion’s security just for show? Since when did we start letting anyone waltz in uninvited?

Laurel immediately withdrew from Blake’s embrace, her face draining of color as she bit her lip. “Mr. Parker… I didn’t mean to… I was desperate to find Blake…

“Laurel… Blake’s voice dripped honey and silk as he turned to her, handkerchief already in hand. “Coming here without permission wasn’t… appropriate. The words might have been a reprimand, but his tone carried a hint of reassurance.

A familiar ache bloomed in my chest as I watched him shift – smooth, practiced, protective – positioning himself like a shield between her and his grandfather’s wrath. Five years ago, when he’d been truly blind, I’d been his eyes, his anchor, his everything. Now with perfect vision restored, he saw only what he chose to see. It was painfully ironic.

questioning look. I could only shake my head slightly in response,

of us relegated to unwilling the scene unfolding before us. This script

thin from Laurel’s tears, snapped completely at Blake’s obvious display of protection. His

those security guards! NOW!

house!”

“Sir, the security team did try to stop Miss Rose, but she…” He paused, stealing a nervous glance at Laurel before

guards had seen Mr. Parker escorting her out recently, so they believed her

month into the job. He wasn’t fully

you could…

her ‘future Mrs. Parker‘ status to get in. Felix pushed away from the mahogany bookshelf he’d been leaning against, his casual stance belying the sharpness in his voice.

actual Mrs. Parker?”

no one immediately responded, he pressed on. “You two haven’t finalized the divorce yet, have you?

“No, not yet.”

Felix gave a cold smile. “Looks like she’s quite eager to break up

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Chapter 73

wild Chart Mite prabben make

wrently nerded to see Blakes,

as she gazed up at Blake, lake darling, you

making too much of a security guard’s casual words!” Blake spoke up. Ifis eyes narrowed as they

Since deciding to end this marriage, I’d tried so hart te wild dien confrontation with Blake and Laurel. I wanted no part in their relationship drama. Yet here we were, with Lauret’s perfect tears and Blake’s protective stance, playing out another scene