Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 161

Laurel’s POV

I stood in Blake’s villa living room, trying to look casual while scanning the place. A noise from upstairs made me tense up. Someone was definitely moving around up there.

“What was that sound?” I asked, looking at the ceiling.

Blake kept eating his noodles without looking up. “You heard something?”

“Blake darling, are you hiding someone upstairs?” I tilted my head.

He finally looked at me with a neutral face. “You must have heard wrong.”

I turned to Michael. “I heard wrop

Michael nodded quickly. “Yes, perhaps Miss Rose is just tired and hearing things.”

“I have excellent hearing,” he continued. ”

“I didn’t hear anything.”

Their obvious coordination made me suspicious, but Blake seemed so calm that I started to doubt myself. Who would he

even hide here?

“Maybe I did hear wrong,” I said, dropping it for now.

I sat at the table, noticing the chair was still warm. Someone had definitely been sitting here. I pushed that thought aside and focused on my goal.

“Blake darling, when did you buy this place?” I asked with a smile. “If Thalia hadn’t mentioned you might be here, I never

would have found you!”

I looked around the room. “And decorated like this…”

The cottage–style decor was everywhere – flowers, warm colors, soft fabrics. Nothing like the modern style Blake usually preferred.

“I hate this cottage style,” I said honestly. “It looks tacky and cheap.”

leaned forward. “Blake darling, how could you possibly like

his mouth. “You… hate this

caught me off guard. Had I said something

me wear floral dresses or anything with this cottage

avoid this style/completely. How

blinked innocently a move that always worked on Blake. “But if you like

Blake darling… this is

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years ago when we first met, your sister specifter liked

Rachel told him I liked cottage style? I needed to recover

she?” I laughed awkwardly. “I might have forgotten after

you seem to have forgotten many

gesture I’d made was carefully planned. In the past, my innocent act always

needed my illness as a shield. I put my head on the table, rubbing

condition is getting

was furious. What had Rachel told Blake about Audrey? Why did that woman have

Audrey’s POV

of the hidden room, I heard every word Laurel said about hating cottage style. Each

Blake hadn’t styled this villa in my favorite aesthetic because he remembered what Rachel told him five years ago

this place as a surprise for her. But his careful planning backfired. His precious Laurel didn’t even remember liking

tightened. I leaned against the wall

voice came through, deliberate and measured: “Laurel. Do you remember

met?”

It

was June 28th! The sun on the beach was so

I rescued

been cloudy. There was no strong sun.

Laurel. He used 0628 as the password because that was

known better. If Blake truly remembered everything from five years ago, why never m three

before I could stop it. At this moment, Michael’s phone

Blake’s POV

n it during our

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Mr. Mel, about today’s