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.

this way.” His voice

Soon just Rebecca’s title. The

my marriage to Blake had begun and continued in silence, with many people not even aware that Blake Parker had been secretly married for three years. Yet its ending was so spectacularly

divorce was an event everyone had been eagerly anticipating, as if the entire city had been holding its breath, waiting for this moment. When

middle, and

William’s name appeared

always be my

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

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

than anyone.

found me at eighteen after a hospital mix–up left me raised in a small town.

okay?” Felix’s voice pulled me

tight. The moment passed. Walls

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

on my face

His voice was

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

me, about to

voice calibrated to sound private while carrying to nearby

his arm. “Wait outside. This

trembled on cue, tears appearing right

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

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I stepped out, chaos hit. Volces shouted my name, Michael Chen,

His voice was

just Rebecca’s title.

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

as if our divorce was an event everyone had been eagerly anticipating, as if the entire city had been holding its breath, waiting for this moment. When we married, only William and Charles Wright

beginning, a silent middle, and

William’s name appeared

always

walls cracked. I blinked back tears, caught

Blake or I did. Yet he offered his blessing because he

hospital mix–up left

Felix’s voice pulled

tight. The moment

tall and commanding. Laurel followed in a white

me immediately, He noticed something on my face and walked straight over, ignoring Laurel

thoughts?” His voice was

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

me,

up, voice calibrated to sound private while carrying to nearby mics. “Should I come

from his arm. “Wait outside.

appearing right on schedule. “But

turned around, fed up with her act. “Since Miss Rose is so invested in watching,

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in for a divorce, we can

the crowd. Laurel’s eyes narrowed before she

moved in close. Her perfume hit me

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