Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 85

Audrey’s POV

For a moment, I just stared at the basin, unable to process what had just happened. Water cascaded over the edge, forming a widening puddle on the pristine hospital floor.

‘I’m so sorry! I’m so sorry!” Laurel cried out, horror painted across her face.

A stared at my submerged phone as it sparked and went dark. White smoke curled from the case. When I fished it out, water dripped from every crack and

seam.

I crouched down, picking up the broken pieces, my throat tight. This wasn’t just any phone. Rachel had given it to me four years ago, right before her accident – before she became unresponsive, before her family vanished to Europe with her. The last gift from my best friend.

Looking at the scattered components on the floor, my heart felt sliced open. Four years of messages and photos… and the recording that could have shown Blake who Laurel really was.

“Miss Sinclair, I’m so sorry…” Laurel’s voice cut through my thoughts. She leaned back against her pillows, hand pressed to her chest. ‘When you raised your voice, I got scared and my hand shook… then I knocked over the basin trying to help… I didn’t mean to.”

connection to Rachel. The memory card was ruined too –

Laurel asked. “I’ll

I caught a flash of satisfaction in her eyes before she covered

“You planned this all along, didn’t you? Made me stay

blinked rapidly. “Miss Sinclair, I don’t

better

stay calm. I carefully picked up the remaining pieces and dropped them in my

my phone means you’re safe now?” I asked, forcing a cold smile. “What if I

face paled instantly, and her hand

voice tight. Her teeth sank into her lower

any backup,” she added, studying my face. “You’re

“Whether I do or don’t, you’ll find out soon. Try to

leave, Blake blocked my path,

up?

I remembered Laurel’s earlier accusation about

say you hadn’t taken any pictures of her?” His