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.

smiled. “But Blake was injured protecting me.” I glanced toward

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

“You’re hurt! Why

this from the accident? Looks

her touch before

glanced my way before turning back to Laurel. “If Audrey hadn’t

my chest tighten. “Don’t

not? Laurel’s lip

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couldn’t hear. Their private exchange felt like a

temples. Just another day watching Laurel manipulate

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

his wheelchair and stormed over, pulling Laurel away from Blake to examine his wound

voice thick with emotion. “If you hadn’t divorced Audrey, none of this would’ve happened. No smear campaign, no Ethan posting evidence, no car crash while

who crashed into

wide as tears streamed down. “Mr. Parker, you’ve got it wrong. I

transformed into a mask of innocence. “If I’d arranged it, wouldn’t I have known Blake was hurt? I’d have

accuse me? No matter what you think

most…”

her, momentarily at a loss. Her argument made sense, even to me. If

Blake was in the car and

Blake’s POV

in her pockets, regarding

night, when we left NYÚ, I was

Laurel went still.

Audrey continued. “When Miss Rose told them to crash our car, she thought

face. The color drained from

They never saw your face!” Grandfather exclaimed, glaring at me. “She couldn’t have known the person with Audrey wasn’t Ethan but

Audrey, you wouldn’t have dared harm them! But

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

this situation…” I started, mind

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