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 have the right?

studying the blue–black shadows under his eyes.

Felix, James, or even Ethan… Even your Miss Rose has more right

turning to face him. “But

have easily tracked down the hospital where he recovered, the people who cared for him.

obvious 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 one to resurrect ghosts he deliberately

the bare

who refuses to honor his promises – that

are you saying has no gratitude? Who

at his hand, then back at his face. “As if you don’t know what

arm free and shoved his hand away.

“Audrey Sinclair, don’t forget what you still owe

stairwell.”

helping me save Ethan, our deal in the stairwell. I’d promised to spend

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Ethan from those thugs.

said with a laugh. “Your Miss Rose hasn’t been satisfying

remained silent, his face unreadable in

dusty floor. “Planning to start here in this creepy place? I don’t mind. But I wonder if someone as pampered as

it all started with Blake. Where I first felt that

this broken place… why not? I only had two months, so it’ll probably be

jacket. I started unbuttoning my blouse, but his hand caught

that I’d

stood frozen, his jacket warm and heavy, the scent of him surrounding me. The situation had shifted so unexpectedly that

laid it across the broken concrete steps. He

make another