Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 114

Blake’s POV

I stood frozen outside the courthouse. Audrey had already gone through the doors, walking with confidence I rarely saw in her. This divorce was just temporary a strategic move to protect Parker Group and keep Laurel from being called a homewrecker.

So why couldn’t I move?

“Blake darling, I won’t come in with you,” Laurel said, her hand touching my arm. “Go handle the divorce yourself. She smiled. “I’ll wait right here!”

I nodded, finally snapping out of it. Divorce was my plan to fix things. But now that I was here, I felt unsettled. Audrey seemed more decisive than me.

Just now, I wanted to ask if she understood this was temporary, with remarriage later. Or was she taking this literally?

But I couldn’t bring myself to ask. I’d been CEO too long to show uncertainty. If I revealed doubt now, it would look like weakness – like I cared too much.

A strange regret spread through me. If I let go now, I might never get her back.

I pushed the thought away. This would hurt Audrey more than me. She had more to lose. Even if I didn’t mention remarriage, she’d eventually come crawling back. She always did.

“I’ll be back soon,” I told Laurel before walking through the doors.

Inside, the courthouse buzzed with activity. People noticed us immediately, stepping aside to clear a path as I walked across the marble floor toward Audrey at the counter.

A clerk rushed over. “Mr. Parker, we can process you right away.”

They led us to a private room with paperwork ready. The clerk glanced between us nervously.

“We have your documents ready, but there seems to be some confusion about which version to use.”

I hadn’t planned on being here today, and Michael’s carefully drafted agreement was nowhere to be seen.

Audrey pulled papers from her purse. “Use this version.”

I looked at her draft – simple and ridiculously generous to me. She’d walk away with nothing but her clothes and that white cat. No property, no shares, nothing from three years of marriage.

The clerk frowned. “Miss Sinclair, are you certain you don’t want anything else? By law, you’re entitled to half of Mr.

Parker’s marital assets.”

Audrey’s lips curved slightly. “Money I didn’t earn doesn’t belong to me.”

worry about

signed her name on the divorce form without hesitation. I watched

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adding mine.

the clerk handed us each a

breath looking at her certificate, like someone who’d finally put down

she knew we’d remarry. After everything was fixed, she’d be

her purse like it was precious and headed for the

her. Before she could leave, I

About

with a look

knocked

Parker, who said I would

we agree –

in, her eyes suddenly cold. “I said we’d discuss it

that we’re divorced, I’ll be clear: I won’t

eyes widened. “What?” Anger surged through me. I grabbed her wrist

said, “Don’t act like I deceived you. I was vague about remarriage because I didn’t want problems. You mentioned it,

despite her pain. “Even if I had told you I wouldn’t remarry you, would that have stopped you from divorcing me? You needed to help Laurel save face and keep

gaze – maybe the total absence of love that

away, creating distance between us. Seeing her defensive stance,

you don’t want to remarry, why walk away with nothing?”

valued my money? Wasn’t

“money I didn’t earn isn’t mine. I

her shoulders. “Mr. Parker, we have no

walked

now, like she’d been freed. My chest felt hollow,

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Audrey’s POV

me the moment I stepped outside. Cameras flashed as

Mr. Parker

divorced?

Parker Group shares

your

more than at the hospital earlier,

with ties