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 of me. Because of her position as

yanking me from my thoughts. “Jennifer called Miss Rose at

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he scrolled

found it! His voice rang with triumph. “There is a

mid–sentence, his

head, eyes wide with feigned innocence. “Why’d you stop? You found something,

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

gently took the phone. “At

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

before

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

turned to me. “You remember, don’t

I nodded slowly. “Yes.”

was recuperating. I’d nearly had to adjourn the meeting because she insisted on talking right

exactly coincided with Jennifer supposedly talking

lifted high. “Jennifer was just pretending to call me

standing under that camera.”

to

“Now that the truth is clear, shouldn’t you apologize for accusing me

Audrey’s POV

as I

call log confirmed it. At 10:07, Laurel had called Blake. The conversation lasted five minutes – matching exactly when Jennifer was filmed supposedly

checked the number

dug

that call wasn’t from

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for the

no reason to protect Laurel anymore.

if she doesn’t, I have

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

darling, we should go. You need to

me with a