Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 81

Audrey’s Pov

Mayo Clinics private rooms were designed to soothe with their muted colors and soft lighting. But watching Laurel’s theatrical performance from my chair. I felt anything but soothed. A strange calm settled over me instead the kind that comes with having nothing left to lose.

“Still playing the devoted patient?” I crossed my legs, studying her pristine appearance. ‘It’s been a month since your grand return from Europe. Blake still hasn’t finalized our divorce. My lips curved into a smile that seemed to catch her off guard. Performance not quite landing the way you hoped?

Three years of playing the perfect Mrs. Parker, swallowing every insult with a dignified smile, had taught me exactly how to make each word count. With death already marking my calendar, why bother with niceties?

The change in Laurel was instant. Color flooded her previously ashen cheeks as she dropped the fragile patient act. ‘You’re the one who missed the divorce appointment!” She pushed herself up, healthcare performance forgotten. ‘Iliding in hospitals to avoid signing papers, and now you dare mock me?”

“Hiding?” I kept my voice light. “Interesting theory. Though if Blake was truly eager to divorce me, he’d have rescheduled immediately. Yet this morning. let the implication hang.

Laurel’s perfectly manicured hands twisted in the sheets. “You won’t be Mrs. Parker much longer,” she hissed. ‘Blake will divorce you this week.”

She was right, of course. I’d overheard enough to know that Blake had already reserved the venue and cake for his proposal to Laurel. He would definitely seek me out for divorce this week. So I wanted to take this opportunity, while still legally married, to give myself some satisfaction. After all, I wouldn’t be around to enjoy the aftermath much longer.

“He’ll give me the most lavish proposal New York has ever seen!” Her eyes raked over me with calculated disdain. “Unlike your pathetic little wedding while he was in a coma.”

She leaned forward, her voice filled with malice. “That’s what happens when you force a man who doesn’t love you to marry you. Even carrying his child couldn’t save you – you lost that too, didn’t you?”

The jab about my lost child hit harder than I wanted to admit. For a moment, the hospital air felt thick with memories – blood on pristine tiles, Blake’s cold disbelief, a future crumbling like sand between my fingers.

Karma’s a bitch, I thought grimly. But with three months left to live, what was the point of playing nice?

I took a deep breath, not wanting to continue this topic.

formed on my lips as I looked at her vibrant, healthy appearance. “Sometimes actors get so deep into their roles, it becomes reality. Keep playing

“I’m just practicing

abruptly changed tactics. “By the way, didn’t you come here to apologize to me?” She pointed

in my chair, amused by her demand. “Without

looked at her, my voice devoid of emotions. “Honestly, thank you for sending him away. I was worried about how to force out

–

tightened. “What

I’ll make sure Blake

so scared. I pulled out my phone, watching her widened

was crystal clear: “Do you see? Your husband would do anything for

back. Gone was the

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trembled

Miss Rose, I cut her off. A cold laugh escaped me. “What do you think Blake 4 reaction would be if

word trembling with fury.

the track, pushed me down stairs, and now this

give that recording to Blake, I’ll make

interested in that.” The statement was cold but true. With my own death sentence hanging over me, threats had lost their power. “Keep your act if you want, but stay out of my way. Otherwise, this goes public.” I met her gaze steadily. Even Blake Parker’s influence can’t

sank back against her

Rose, still need my

she murmured, almost speaking through

me glance back. Laurel was already repositioning her oxygen mask, transforming back into