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?”

tried pulling my hand away, but Blake

laughed. “Stop being so shy, Audrey. I can’t wait to be your

fork. “Nora’s special pot roast from the main house. She

ate quietly across from us. The room felt

changed. The cozy room vanished, replaced by a

car as it drove away. Despite my hoarse throat, I screamed Blake’s name, but the rain drowned me out. The

red umbrella. Seeing me stumble,

‘Stop chasing him, Audrey.”

before. They’ll use you when they need help,

aside when they don’t.”

name or face. If he knew you’d seen him blind a part of his past he’d rather

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as she continued. “I didn’t tell him

test his feelings for you. If he was just using

like I

looked up, tears mixing with rain. “But Rachel, he knows

confidently. “It doesn’t matter. My mother’s husband has connections.

to each other

again. Now Astrid stood before