Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 175

Blake’s POV

I’ll take a look.”

William snatched Laurel’s phone from her hand and started checking the call history. “Charles, pull up that footage again. Find the exact time Jennifer called her!”

Charles nodded and hurried to comply.

Laurel turned into my arms, her voice soft against my chest. “I hope your grandfather sees the truth when he checks.”

From the corner of my eye, I caught Audrey watching us, her bruised face a stark reminder of what she’d endured. The hardness in her eyes seemed completely foreign – nothing like the woman I’d been married to.

I frowned, stroking Laurel’s back. “When did you become like this?”

Audrey met my gaze with a cold laugh. “Like what exactly?”

“Before, when people wronged you, you never fought back. Never argued. You just… let things go.”

“So you knew I was being wronged?” Her voice cut through the air, sharp as glass. “You knew all along?”

The question hit something raw inside me. Memories surfaced – unwelcome and uncomfortable.

“Why do you think I stayed quiet?” she continued, her eyes locked on mine. “You were my husband. You saw me being bullied and humiliated, and you never once helped me or spoke up.”

She took a step closer. “What choice did I have but to stay silent? Should I have fought until everything fell apart?”

“You always sided with the people who hurt me.” She glanced coldly at Laurel. “Just like now.”

“Even after our divorce, when I try to stand up for myself, you call me aggressive and tell me to stop.”

I stood there, momentarily speechless as scenes replayed in my mind. Audrey kneeling before my mother while I watched. Thalia mocking her at dinner. All those times she’d been humiliated while I simply looked away.

Had I really known and done nothing?

“As your wife, I swallowed too many insults, she said, her voice steady. “Now that we’re divorced, I won’t swallow any more.”

“Protect your Miss Rose all you want, but I won’t let this go. Not ever.”

Something shifted inside me as I looked at her. This wasn’t the Audrey I thought I knew. I’d always assumed she was naturally passive, that she didn’t care about the slights or insults.

it all because

from my thoughts.

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he scrolled through Laurel’s call

voice rang with triumph. “There is a

stopped mid–sentence, his

Laurel tilted her head, eyes wide with feigned innocence. “Why’d you stop? You

tightened around the phone. The challenge in Laurel’s voice was unmistakable, but he

gently

“There was a call on Miss Rose’s phone, but she wasn’t receiving one. She was calling

for a second before rushing

darling this morning,” Laurel said, her eyes bright with triumph as she

to me. “You remember, don’t

I nodded slowly. “Yes.”

executive meeting, saying she wanted to stay with her mother who was recuperating. I’d nearly had

exactly coincided with Jennifer supposedly talking to her about

chin lifted high. “Jennifer was just pretending to call me

standing under that camera.”

to frame

through mine, turning to Audrey. “Now that

Audrey’s POV

as I processed what

At 10:07, Laurel had called Blake. The conversation lasted five minutes – matching exactly when Jennifer

number twice.

dug into my

I said, meeting Laurel’s smug expression. “Even if that call wasn’t from Jennifer, it doesn’t prove she wasn’t working under your

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for the police

to

have other ways to uncover the

that said she’d already won. “I look forward to seeing what

should go. You

turned to me with a cold expression. “I understand