Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 171

Audrey’s POV

The surveillance video ended with Blake’s car racing away from NYU, Black SUVs chasing close behind. The screen went black, leaving us in silence.

William leaned forward, eyes fixed on the dark screen. “That’s it? Nothing more?”

“We left the campus, and the cameras couldn’t follow,” I said with a slight shrug.

William let out a sigh. “You couldn’t have taken a few more laps around campus? Give me something more to watch.

“Grandfather!” Blake cut in, shooting me a glance. “If we’d stayed longer, she might not be here now.”

“I’m not that fragile,” I said, rolling my eyes at him.

If not for yesterday’s accident, Blake might have already discovered my illness. If he’d convinced William that I needed to

go to the hospital, my cancer would be impossible to hide.

With that worry in mind, I quickly shifted the focus away from my health. “William, the campus cameras don’t show

everything. But there’s more about what happened after we left NYU.”

I clicked away from the surveillance footage and pulled up a news article. The headline was bold and dramatic: “Coastal

Highway Closed After Major Accident – 2 Dead, 12 Injured!”

Below it sat a photo of Blake’s mangled sedan on the beach, alongside burned–out SUVs.

William’s eyes widened as he stood up. “This accident… was you two?”

He immediately was at my side, grabbing my hands and checking me for injuries. “Audrey, are you okay? Were you hurt?”

His genuine concern touched me. In three years of marriage to Blake, William had given me more family feeling than the

Sinclairs ever had.

I glanced toward Blake. “He has a

me off, inserting herself between us. She stood on tiptoes, fingers hovering near

forehead. “You’re hurt! Why didn’t you tell

this from

touch before relaxing. “It’s nothing,” he

my way before turning back to Laurel. “If Audrey hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t even remember

smile he gave her made my chest tighten.

I not? Laurel’s

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something I couldn’t hear. Their private exchange felt like a show

another day watching Laurel manipulate her way

to expose Laurel’s attacks against me and Ethan, but somehow she’d twisted

frustration. With surprising agility, he rose from his wheelchair and stormed over, pulling Laurel away

divorced Audrey, none of this would’ve happened. No smear campaign, no Ethan posting evidence,

Laurel. “And you! Pretending to care? Weren’t those your men who crashed into them? Your men hurt Blake, and here you

wide as tears streamed down. “Mr. Parker, you’ve got it wrong. I had nothing to do

“If I’d arranged it, wouldn’t I have known Blake was hurt? I’d have been at his side immediately…

dabbed at her eyes. “How can you accuse me? No matter what you think of

most…”

he stared at her, momentarily at a loss. Her argument made sense, even to

the attack, she’d have known Blake was in the car and would never have

Blake’s POV

in her pockets, regarding Laurel with a cool

last night, when we left NYÚ, I

Laurel went still.

them to crash our car, she thought

The color drained

me. “She couldn’t have known the person with Audrey

was Blake with Audrey, you wouldn’t have dared harm

turned back to me. “You heard that? If you hadn’t helped Audrey and Ethan, she would’ve run them off the road! This is who you want to marry?

situation…” I started,

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