Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 146

Audrey’s POV

I let out a cold scoff.

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“The IP address that led to Ethan you tracked it. Who else knows about it besides you?” I asked, keeping my voice even.

Blake frowned. “Laurel knows too. Why?”

I took a deep breath. Ethan needed help, and losing my temper wouldn’t solve anything.

“There are men in black suits at Ethan’s dorm,” I explained. “They’re going door–to–door looking for him.”

I watched his face carefully. “Men showing up this late – has to be connected to what he posted

online.”

“I didn’t send anyone after him,” Blake stated flatly.

I lifted my gaze to meet his directly. “If only you and Laurel know who leaked this information…”

“Then either you sent those men, or she did.”

Blake’s face hardened instantly.

“Don’t make accusations like that,” he snapped. “Laurel’s devastated by what happened online. She’s fighting for her life.”

His defense came without hesitation. “She’d never send people after some college kid just for posting

so–called evidence.”

—

He looked down at me with judgment in his eyes. “I get it – you don’t like her. But you don’t need to paint her as the villain.”

This is pointless.

The facts were right in front of us, but nothing I said mattered. My careful explanations only earned me accusations of lying about his precious Laurel.

“Fine. I misunderstood,” I said, suddenly too tired to argue,

“You’re right. I came here to ask you to spare Ethan. I’ll help convince William to approve your engagement to Laurel.”

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I met his eyes. “And I’ll make sure Ethan apologizes online for what he posted.

“Just leave him alone.”

Without waiting for a response, I turned and walked toward the stairs.

Blake seemed caught off guard by my surrender. “Where are you going this late?” he called after me.

turning around. “He posted that stuff because of me.

the stairs with determined

caught up quickly and grabbed my

filled his voice. “It’s after ten at night,

dorm to play hero?”

I glared at his hand on my arm. “Let those men

to hide. “He has no connections here. No family

classmates and professors.”

couldn’t bring myself to voice my worst fears. “He sees me as his big sister. He exposed that smear campaign as a birthday gift

can I abandon

darkened. “If he faces consequences, it’s

right, he didn’t,” I agreed, yanking my arm free. “But who hasn’t

before I could stop them. “If I’d thought things through three

would have

hurried toward the eighth floor,

I got in trouble at school, Rachel

me once that if something involved

How could I let those

grabbing my wrist again with

he could speak. He answered while keeping a firm

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through clearly, thick with tears. “Where did

look at engagement rings with you online, but Jennifer couldn’t

emotion. “Are

The cold, accusatory man from seconds

his voice gentler than I’d ever heard during our marriage. “I had

minute.”

like, and we’ll try them all when

mood brightened immediately. “We should

darling, you’re always so

against Blake’s grip. Unlike before, he was ready this time, holding me firmly no matter

fingers off one by one, all

stairwell.

women see through other women

fake sweetness, the

–

my

falls for

lips curved slightly. “I need to finish something here. Follow your

chirped with exaggerated cuteness. “I’ll be

driving back,

almost freed myself, with just one

Blake wasn’t distracted. While speaking softly into the phone, he suddenly pushed

ged his grip and

gasped as my back hit the concrete,

silence carried my sound clearly through the

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what was that?” Laurel’s voice sharpened instantly.

giving me