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.

“But Blake was injured protecting me.” I glanced toward Blake. “He has a head wound and

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

forehead. “You’re hurt! Why

this from the accident? Looks serious!

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

“If Audrey hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t even remember

made my chest

can I not? Laurel’s lip

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couldn’t hear. Their private exchange

rubbed my temples. Just another day watching Laurel manipulate her way out of trouble. And Blake falling for

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

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

what you’ve done,” William snapped, voice thick with emotion. “If you hadn’t divorced Audrey, none of this would’ve happened. No smear campaign,

your men who crashed into them? Your men hurt Blake, and

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

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

matter what you think of me, I’d

most…”

at a loss. Her argument made sense, even

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

Blake’s POV

mouse and stood with hands in her pockets, regarding Laurel with a cool detachment I’d never seen from her.

last night, when we left NYÚ, I was with a

Laurel went still.

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

The color

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

wouldn’t have dared harm them! But you

you hadn’t helped Audrey and Ethan, she would’ve run them off the road! This is who you want to marry? I forbid it! She will never

this situation…” I

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