Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 169

Blake’s POV

Audrey’s slap came out of nowhere.

I froze, watching Laurel’s stunned expression. She touched her reddening cheek, eyes wide with shock.

How dare you hit me

A

“Her voice cut through the silence.

Audrey looked down at her coolly. “Didn’t you just say I could hit or scold you? Wasn’t that your invitation?”

Without warning, her hand flew again, landing

nother sharp slap on Laurel’s other cheek.

Laurel stumbled back, falling into my arms with a soft cry. “Blake darling… it hurts so much. Not even my parents have ever hit me like this…”

I instinctively tightened my grip around her shoulders, anger rising as I looked at her reddened face.

“Audrey Sinclair, you’ve gone too far!” I said.

Audrey rubbed her palm, eyes hard above her mask. “Have I? Wasn’t it Miss Rose who invited me to hit her?”

She tilted her head. “Are you satisfied with those slaps, Miss Rose?”

Laurel shook against me. “I didn’t mean it like that. I only meant if I had actually done something wrong…”

“Oh?” Audrey cut in. “So you were just saying empty words, not expecting me to take you up on it?”

“I clearly said if I had done something wrong,” Laurel’s voice quavered. “But I haven’t done anything wrong, yet you slapped me anyway.” She looked up at me. “Blake darling, you have to defend me…”

I studied Audrey, seeing none of the gentleness she’d shown during our marriage.

“You’re twisting her words,” I said. “She was speaking hypothetically. You had no right to strike her.”

“No right?” Audrey laughed, the sound hollow. “So Laurel Rose has done nothing wrong? Is that what you believe?”

calling me a homewrecker who

trolls to harass me, exposed my identity, mocked my background of being switched at birth.” Her voice hardened. “And when Ethan Davies exposed your smear campaign, you sent men to kidnap him. Are you denying all

to me. “I don’t know what you’re talking about! None of that

I held her protectively.

shows Laurel participated in any of this.

to what you’re saying about the online posts,” I said, “you shouldn’t have resorted

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public figure. Those slaps could damage her

she hasn’t physically harmed

a moment, she just stared

hasn’t physically harmed me?” Her

reached up and pulled off her

say that again to

the air from my

a gash ran along her jaw, and her lip was split. Her skin,

cap and mask to be distant and cold, to avoid interacting with us. I never imagined… this

rose from his seat, moving toward her. “What happened? Who did this? Why didn’t

me?”

kept her eyes on me. “Ask Miss

I

turned mocking. “No idea why I look like

made my skin crawl – a flicker of knowledge quickly

his position by the door. “Miss Sinclair,

from Laurel. “I’ve already been

pulled a small external drive from her bag. “Charles, connect this to the TV. Everyone should see what

drive, and the screen came

a phone. Jennifer typed frantically on her phone, and

entered

you waiting for?” Jennifer’s voice came clearly

kill her, just beat her up, Miss Rose will protect

many of your friends got hurt last night because of her!

against a wall. One kicked her hard, sending her flying. The attack continued mercilessly as she curled

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too quiet to hear, then left with