Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 113

Audrey’s POV

Felix’s car cut through midtown traffic. I scrolled through the latest headlines about me on my phone, each nastier than the last.

“Audrey, are you… really sure about this?” Felix asked, gripping the wheel tight. “Once you do this with all these reporters watching…. there’s no going back.”

“Why do I need going back?” I looked up. “Without Blake Parker, am I suddenly helpless?”

Felix backpedaled. “That’s not what I-”

“Save it.” I cut him off, locking my phone screen and staring at the road ahead. “I know what people in your circle say. That how I’ve been desperately clinging to Blake. Using divorce threats as leverage.”

Through the window, Manhattan blurred by. Headlines flashed in my mind: Parker Wife’s Latest Tantrum. CEO’s Desperate Spouse Seeks Spotlight.

“But that’s over now,” I said. “His thing with Laurel is out in the open. No more pretending.”

I spoke with a calm that surprised even me. Like I was discussing some celebrity gossip instead of my own marriage falling

apart.

Felix watched me for a moment, then gave a half–smile. “Should I be saying congrats on your fresh start?”

I glanced down at my phone. “Not a fresh start. Just clarity.”

At a red light, I took screenshots of the worst articles. One called me unstable. Another claimed I faked pregnancies to

blackmail Blake.

“What’s with that?” Felix nodded at my screen.

“Evidence,” I said without looking up. “Just like the hospital video. No matter how much these reporters were paid to smear me… there should be consequences for defamation, don’t you think?”

Felix’s eyes lingered on my profile. I could feel his gaze, studying me with an intensity that should have been

uncomfortable but somehow wasn’t.

“Blake will regret this,” he said.

The certainty in his tone made me pause. Like he was stating a simple fact, not offering empty comfort. I slightly shook my head without answering.

The light changed. We drove on.

Cameras flashed as we pulled up to the courthouse. Reporters packed the steps like vultures waiting for a meal.

“Ready?” Felix asked.

“As I’ll ever be.”

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The moment I stepped out, chaos hit. Voices shouted my name. Michael Chen, Blake’s assistant, carved a path with security guards.

way.” His voice was

Soon just Rebecca’s title. The

Blake had begun and continued in silence, with many people not even aware that Blake Parker had been

as if our divorce was an event everyone had been eagerly anticipating, as if the entire city had been holding its breath,

beginning, a silent middle,

William’s name appeared with a simple

always

words. My walls cracked. I blinked back tears, caught off guard by my own

hurt more about this divorce than Blake or I did. Yet he offered his blessing because he understood my pain

than anyone.

than my biological parents who found me at eighteen after a hospital mix–up left me raised in a small town. Even as I left his grandson, he

voice pulled

tight. The

arrived. He stepped out first, tall and commanding. Laurel followed in a white dress, holding his arm like she might

on my face and walked straight over, ignoring

His

shoulder. “Second thoughts?

studied me, about

carrying to nearby mics. “Should I come with you? I’m worried someone

hand from his arm. “Wait outside. This

on cue, tears appearing right on schedule. “But Blake

up with her act. “Since Miss Rose is so invested in watching, she might

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stepped out, chaos hit. Volces shouted my name, Michael Chen, Blake’s assistant, carved a path will security

His

Rebecca’s title. The thought felt

in the spectacle before me. How strange that my marriage to Blake had begun and continued in silence, with many

had been holding its

a silent middle, and a

buzzed. William’s name appeared with a

always be my

words. My walls cracked. I blinked back tears, caught off guard by my own

or I did. Yet he offered his blessing because he understood my

more family to me than my biological parents who found me at eighteen after a hospital mix–up left me raised

okay?” Felix’s voice

nodded, throat tight. The moment passed.

arrived. He stepped out first, tall and commanding. Laurel followed in a white dress, holding his arm like she might float away without

noticed something on my face

His voice

his shoulder. “Second thoughts? I’ve never had any regrets. Let’s

me, about

sound private while carrying to nearby

his arm. “Wait outside. This is between Audrey

lips trembled on cue, tears appearing

turned around, fed up with her act. “Since Miss Rose is

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in for a divorce, we can skip the

eyes narrowed before she rearranged her face into

perfume hit me first – expensive and too much