Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 196

I floated through a vivid dream. I stood in a hospital room that reeked of antiseptic, facing a younger Blake Parker. White bandages covered his eyes after the accident that left him temporarily blind.

Though sightless, he somehow found my hand and took it in his. He smiled, expression serious despite the bandages.

“When my eyes recover, I want you to be the first person I see.”

I couldn’t speak because of my throat injury. I bit my lip, feeling my face flush hot as my heart pounded.

When I didn’t respond, Blake’s forehead creased with worry. His grip tightened.

“Will you? Will you stay by my side until I can see again?” His voice faltered. “Or don’t you want me to see you?”

I squeezed his hand and shook my head frantically at his last question.

He was the most handsome man I’d ever seen.

From the moment I pulled him from that beach, I was drawn to him.

I held his rough, warm hand, my cheeks burning as I imagined him finally seeing me.

The door opened and a young woman carrying a thermal container walked in, smiling. “Oops, am I interrupting?”

Rachel Hayes looked at our joined hands, her smile widening. “You two are adorable. Are you getting married the moment

he recovers?”

face burned hotter. I tried pulling my hand away, but Blake

shy, Audrey. I can’t

handed me a fork. “Nora’s special

to Blake. Rachel ate quietly across from us.

the dream changed. The cozy room vanished, replaced by a

drove away. Despite my hoarse throat, I

behind me with a red umbrella. Seeing

‘Stop chasing him, Audrey.”

with coldness. “I’ve seen his type before. They’ll

aside when they don’t.”

or face. If he knew you’d seen him blind a part of

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“I didn’t tell him your name to protect you. I was afraid he

wanted to test his feelings for you. If he was just using you, he didn’t deserve to know who

I

up, tears mixing with rain. “But Rachel,

matter. My mother’s husband has

We clung to each

again. Now Astrid stood