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

crack. When I heard Blake’s question, I was so

What is Blake thinking?

widened

me to beg William to approve his engagement to Laurel

lost his

door handle tighter,

stopped abruptly. He

voice echoed in the empty corridor.

saying?”

voice trembled

for everything. Now

for her?”

his yoice cold: “You just need to tell me, if Audrey Sinclair comes

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

into it?”

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

alone?”

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

turned resentful: “She promised to remarry me. That’s why I

lifted his chin.

my nails dug into my palm.

This man twists everything!

eyes filled with

his idea – to protect precious Laurel from being

tricked him?

a deep breath and kept

“What do you mean? When you divorced Audrey, you

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

harder, his

loves me or

that I’m a

want the divorce not because

to separate, yet you’re with Laurel, planning to get engaged? Do you think this

head

reached

still haven’t answered,” Blake persisted. “If Audrey

hand paused.

beyond reason, willing to do anything for you.

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