Chapter 236

Audrey’s POV

William sat across from me, clutching his will with that stubborn look.

o document. “It’s legally binding. You already promised you’d take what I’m giving you.

“I’ve signed and sealed it,” he tapped the

He pushed the will toward me. “Keep

safe. After I’m gone,

it

to

claim your sixty percent of my estate.”

I stared at the document but didn’t react

for it.

“William,” I said softly, “I can’t accept something this significant.”

He sighed. “If you don’t want the money, donate it after I’m gone.

whatever you like with it.”

His voice dropped. “I just don’t want to leave everything to people

who

be bothered to spend time with me while I’m still here.”

The raw honesty in his words hit me. This

about money it was

bout appreciation. I took the will and tucked it into my purse.

“William,” I asked, “will you attend Blake and Laurel’s engagement ceremony?”

He leaned back. “Do you want me to go?”

I nodded. “I’ll be there

His eyebrows rose slightly.

need your help,” I continued, lowering my voice. “I want to take a patient away from

of the mansion, I

to attend the engagement,” I told him

his throat. “About your designs..! Miss Rose doesn’t like them. She

in three days. Even

level. “If she hates my work that

and hailed

designs released while I was still alive – fulfilling the dream Rachel and

the studio, James stared at me

coffee shop table.

give me rights to all your designs?” His

head. “These might be the only designs you

Rachel’s in

with this.”

him a small smile. “Blake separates business from personal matters.

Chapter 236

folder, his expression

“Yes.”

“I don’t have much time left. I want to leave New York, find somewhere

wonder if I’ll still be around when these designs finally launch. I turned back to him. *If I’m gone by then, have Astrid place one at my grave. So I can see

voice cracked. “Isn’t there any hope?

“Time’s run out.”

Clarke’s team would arrive the day after Blake and Laurel’s

doctor?” he pressed. “What if they can actually

they could, I can’t stay in New York for

get settled somewhere far away, I’ll reach out to his team myself. Maybe they can still help us

away from

and Laurel’s chosen venue sparkled with crystal and gold. Though Astrid and I arrived two hours early, the lobby was

guests.

Astrid muttered, scanning the opulent space.

elaborate decorations. “If he’s doing all this for an

Manhattan?”

smiled faintly. For Laurel, there wasn’t much Blake

room. “Have the Roses brought

checked my phone.

of Rachel. The sight made Astrid’s

bastards,” she hissed. “This is what they call taking good care

barely kept her alive for four years and call that

form slumped in the wheelchair. She looked even worse than

garage.

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