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

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

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

Rachel ate quietly across from us. The room felt warm,

changed. The cozy room vanished, replaced

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

appeared behind me with a red umbrella. Seeing me

‘Stop chasing him, Audrey.”

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

aside when they don’t.”

he doesn’t know your name or face. If he knew you’d seen him blind a part of his past he’d rather forget – he

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as she continued. “I didn’t tell him your name to protect you. I

feelings for you. If he was just using you, he didn’t deserve

I

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

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

hugged her, sobbing. We clung to each other as the scene

Astrid stood before me, face twisted