Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 130

Astrid emerged pushing a cake with lit candles, leading everyone in song.

“Audrey, happy birthday!”

My eyes filled with tears. After college, I’d married Blake and lost touch with these friends. Now they were here, crammed into my rented apartment to celebrate.

“Look, she’s crying!” Astrid teased.

“Yes, you all moved me to tears, I admitted.

My college classmates, design course friends – faces I hadn’t seen in years all smiled warmly.

“Don’t cry,” said a college friend, squeezing my arm. “When you graduated and went straight into marriage, we thought it was a waste. You could’ve done amazing things with jewelry design.”

She handed me a tissue. “We saw the divorce news yesterday.”

Today uni

celebrating your birthday and your rebirth! Another friend raised her glass.

“Yes!” I nodded through tears.

–

The party buzzed around me. Astrid had planned everything food, drinks, music, games. It felt like our carefree college days again.

approached with a gift box. “Happy

understood

irritate you today… but I didn’t know how,”

far

for a while. Hope you

James!” I smiled, taking

moved to a KTV venue Astrid had booked. Glasses

a mic, looking gleeful. “Blake Parker rented a bar

She swa

slightly. “We’ve booked this room, and

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It had been too long since I’d felt this

partied until dawn, when everyone finally headed home with promises to meet again

in my apartment, I sank onto the sofa, still buzzing from the celebration. The simple gifts from my friends

through my contacts until I found one I hadn’t used in

typed: Rachel, if only you were

had been gone for four years, but reaching out to

Laurel’s POV

watched Blake’s car disappear down the

Hayes. Why would Blake ask

walked into the living room, keeping my steps measured despite my boiling anger. My father stood as

my coat, frowning. “Where’s

“She went to the hospital to