Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Blake’s POV

“Grandfather!”

I stood in the hospital corridor facing Grandfather. His wheelchair seemed more like a throne the way he sat there with his jaw set against my explanations.

“I’ve already told you,” I said, keeping my voice measured. “I’m only getting engaged to Laurel to help her weather this scandal.”

Grandfather’s eyes narrowed skeptically.

“The engagement is just a formality, not real,” I continued. “It’s just an engagement, not marriage. It won’t harm anyone.”

Grandfather scoffed, “A fake engagement?”

“You say you’re deceiving others, but who knows if you’re deceiving me?” His voice rose slightly. “Now you use the excuse of silencing gossip to get engaged. What’s next? Will you use the same excuse to marry her? Will you show me a marriage certificate and claim it’s fake too?”

I stayed silent.

“Don’t try that with me!” Grandfather jabbed a finger my way. “I didn’t come here for this nonsense. I came because I want you to properly apologize to Audrey!”

My stomach tightened at her name. Grandfather’s fingers tapped against the wheelchair.

“You promised her a birthday celebration and kept postponing it. Now you’re divorced, and you got the date wrong. You’re really something! Three years married, and you can’t remember when her birthday is!”

Howered my eyes. The truth was I had checked the date. I’d noted the 15th when planning, but carelessly wrote the 17th when booking. A simple mistake that revealed how little attention I’d paid to my wife.

Grandfather sighed heavily when I didn’t respond. “Fine, since your Miss Rose is so ill, I won’t stay longer. Mayo Clinic is for cancer patients. Someone my age shouldn’t linger here.”

He turned toward the elevators. “I’ll head back now. As for the engagement, I don’t approve, so forget it.”

His parting words landed firmly: “Remember to apologize to Audrey!”

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I watched him wheel away, an idea forming in my mind. It was manipulative, perhaps even cruel bat

it might work.

“Grandfather,” I called, my voice dropping.

He paused but didn’t turn back.

“What if…” I hesitated, choosing my words carefully. “I’m just saying what if, what if Audrey Sinclair came to beg you? Begging you to agree to let me get engaged to Laurel.”

The words hung in the air between us.

“Would you agree then?”

Audrey’s POV

at the fire exit door, watching through the crack. When I heard Blake’s question, I

What is Blake thinking?

eyes widened

to beg William to approve

he lost his

gripped the door handle tighter, biting my

abruptly. He turned back,

to do!?” His voice echoed

saying?”

trembled

with Audrey, it was bad enough that you made her come beg me for everything.

for her?”

me,

his armrest. “You ungrateful child! This is between you and me.

into it?”

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voice: “Hasn’t she done enough for you? You’re divorced can’t

alone?”

cold smile formed on Blake’s lips. “About the divorce, she

That’s why I agreed to divorce. I didn’t

his chin. “She owes

my nails dug into my palm. I gritted my teeth,

This man twists everything!

filled with

his idea – to protect precious Laurel

tricked him?

took a deep

Blake suspiciously. “What do you mean? When you divorced Audrey, you were planning to remarry

went hoarse. “Audrey… is a good wife. I

my lip harder,

loves me or even

I’m

want the divorce not because of

looked skeptical. “You didn’t plan to separate, yet you’re with Laurel, planning to get engaged? Do you think

shook his head firmly. “Not

reached

persisted. “If Audrey came to beg you, would you

hand paused. He sighed

all know Audrey loves you beyond reason, willing to do anything for you.

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