Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 221

Blake’s POV

I watched as a tear slid down Audrey’s cheek, catching the moonlight that filtered through the clinic’s broken windows.

‘Did he ever look for you?” I asked.

“No,” she said, her voice quieter than I’d ever heard it.

She wiped at another tear. “But I looked for him. I saw him with another woman. They were perfect together from the same world, the same circles. Everyone called them the golden couple.”

I turned to look at her, and she glanced my way before quickly averting her eyes.

‘I tried approaching him,” she continued. “But he seemed to have completely forgotten what happened five years ago. He never wanted to talk about it..

I handed her a tissue from my pocket. I wanted to pull her close, to hold her, but I hesitated. In this moment, she looked small and breakable. All I could do was watch as she dabbed at her tears.

“So eventually,” she said with a steadier voice, “I gave up on him. He wasn’t worth my feelings.“–

“You mean you don’t have feelings for him anymore?” I asked.

“That’s right.”

I couldn’t help the cold laugh that escaped me. “If you’ve forgotten him, why do you come here when you’re upset? Why run to this place instead of going home?”

She pressed her lips together and looked down, saying nothing.

“You haven’t forgotten him,” I said. “You haven’t given up at all.”

Her silence was all the confirmation I needed. My hands balled into fists as something dark twisted in my gut. This man, whoever he was, still had such a hold on her that five years later, she sought comfort in the place where they’d met.

to her, then? A placeholder? A

she was so devoted to this mystery man, why marry me? Why pretend to

did you marry me, Audrey?” The question burst out. “What

heard that the best way to get over someone is to start something new? I skipped

this, my hands clenched into fists. All this time, I’d believed she married me for my money, for the Parker name. I’d convinced myself her affection was fake because she wanted

nothing but a

who’d never been second–best at anything in my

demanded, my voice low.

story about this place, and I’ve told you. As for who he

Want to see the rest? The room where I took care

palms as I stared at her. My phone suddenly

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Her voice came through immediately. Rachel is having some issues. Can

tilting her head toward my

alone taking care of Rachel tonight, Laurel continued, her voice

Even in the dim light, I saw her eyes

“We can take care of

phone as memories

I said, my voice

upset about something. She’d

on my shoulder and eventually dozed off too. Though I couldn’t see anything, the sound of both women breathing peacefully in that small room gave

because kidnappers had thrown me there. My business rivals had arranged my abduction. After Laurel rescued me, her gentle, mute kindness and Rachel’s bubbly

Parker today. No matter what Laurel might have done, I could never truly turn my

right there,” I

said. “I’ll text you the

grabbed my

with