Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 220

Audrey’s POV

I paused at Blake’s question, moonlight casting strange shadows across his face through the broken windows.

“Because I used to live here,” I said. “I worked here too.”

I stepped over fallen debris, my hand reaching for a light switch before remembering there was no electricity. The demolition had left the clinic barely recognizable, but I still knew every corner.

“The nursing skills I used for William,” I continued, “I learned them here.”

Blake followed behind me, his phone flashlight creating dancing shadows. “How come you never mentioned this place before?”

“Because I didn’t think it was necessary,” I said after a pause. “You wouldn’t have cared to know.”

“If it’s a place that holds special meaning for you, I might be interested,” he said, his voice softer than usual. A place important enough that after arguing with Victoria, you’d come here instead of going home… it must mean something to you.”

I stopped at the receptionist desk, running my fingers over the water–damaged surface. “Yes, it has special meaning to me,

But it seems only to me, I thought. The man who once promised to see me first when his eyes healed, who promised to take me places I’d never been – he forgot everything about this place. About us.

Same clinic, same man with me. But five years later, everything was different.

‘Would you tell me about it?” Blake asked.

I turned to him, my expression hardening. “No. You don’t have the right.”

face darkened immediately. “I don’t

blue–black shadows under his eyes. A flicker of satisfaction ran through

people have the right,” I said. “Astrid, Felix, James, or even Ethan…

him. “But you? You have no right at

I’m sure of it. Any man with his resources could have easily tracked down the hospital where he recovered, the people who cared

this is his first time seeing this clinic since they took him away. He chose to forget this place. Chose not to search. So why should I be the

against the bare walls. “Anyone can know except

said. “Someone who shows no gratitude, who refuses to honor his promises – that person has no right to know my

grabbed my wrist. “Who are you saying has no gratitude? Who

back at his face.

free and shoved his hand away. A cold

stared at me, his eyes filled with an icy fury. “Audrey Sinclair, don’t forget

stairwell.”

deal in the stairwell. I’d promised to spend the night with him if he helped

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Chapter 220

Ethan from those thugs.

me all the way out here,” I said with a laugh.

face unreadable

this creepy place? I

works. Five years ago, this clinic is where it all started with Blake. Where I first felt that dangerous flutter in my chest watching him

I only had two months, so it’ll probably be our last time.

unbuttoning my blouse, but his hand caught mine. Instead,

that I’d

surrounding me.

off, and laid it across the

make another deal,”