Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 158

Chapter 158

Blake’s POV

“Mrs. Parker, up so early making breakfast?”

Michael’s voice cut through the kitchen like a knife. He froze mid–step when he saw us me standing between Audrey’s knees, her sitting on the counter, our faces just inches apart.

“I… did I come at a bad time?” Michael’s eyes widened as he turned away, shopping bags rustling in his hands.

Audrey’s cheeks burned red. She pushed me back and jumped off the counter, leaving flour handprints on my shirt as she rushed back to her abandoned dough. She pounded it with newfound intensity, eyes locked downward.

I stayed put, watching her flustered movements with unexpected satisfaction. Her blush and slightly trembling fingers gave her away. Even now, she still reacted to me.

I picked up her phone from the counter. “Want me to put this back for you?” My voice came out deeper than intended.

“No,” she snapped, grabbing it with her flour–covered hand and shoving it into her pocket.

Seeing that color spread across her face, I felt my mood lift despite the interruption. I nodded to Michael and walked past

him to the living room.

The leather sofa creaked as I sat. Michael placed his bags on the table and pulled out a new smartphone.

“Mrs. Parker mentioned your phone was damaged in the crash, so I got you a replacement,” he said, placing it before me. “Same number, with all your apps installed.”

I nodded as I turned it on. “What happened to those men who chased us?”

“All alive but injured. They’re in the hospital with police guards. I’ve stationed our people to watch them too.”

“Have you identified who sent them?”

Michael hesitated. “Yes… we have.”

silence made me look up. His face was unusually tense as he

he

the folder,

four years. Laurel had wanted to break into entertainment, so we created this small management company. Months later, she needed a more established agency, and we abandoned the studio. I’d thought it

night,” Michael continued, “the ones at NYU, who came after you… they were hired by

Studio.”

I listened silently.

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that Ethan Davies exposed, the ones attacking Mrs. Parker online… they were alan (unded by Packer Studio, The entire campaign against Mrs.

over the page. The studio carried part of my name, but Laurel had run it from day one. After the step- using it for her career four years ago, she

thought it was dead and

alive but pulling

Laurel know who leaked this information… Then either

focused on the document in front of me. It contained everything

representative section. Not Laurel Rose, but

Laurel signed with her new agency, the

“While these actions came from Parker–Rose Studio, it’s Jennifer’s company now. Perhaps Laurel knows nothing about what

several companies under

knowledge?”

answering. I understood his comfort – he worried I’d refuse to see the truth about Laurel, that my feelings would blind me to the evidence right in front of

I wasn’t that

glanced toward the kitchen where Audrey stood working, her

The online attacks, the men hunting

rang, breaking the silence. The

moment, I

voice flowed through the speaker.

pinched the bridge of my nose.

I texted last night but got no reply. Figured you must have crashed early. I calculated you’d be awake

her voice. Something was off. Normally at this hour,

stood and walked into the yard.

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