Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 249

He grew up with the finest things. This cheap metal?” She held it up to the light. He’d never touch something so worthless.”

Laurel raised her hand to throw it away. I grabbed her wrist before she could, my fingers tightening around it.

“You’re hurting me,” she winced.

“What are you doing?” I asked, voice low.

She tried to pull away. “Throwing trash where it belongs.‘

“This tacky thing is offensive to look at,” she continued, ‘Astrid brought it to humiliate us.”

Her words hit me like a physical blow. I searched her face for any sign of recognition. Her eyes showed only disgust, not a flicker of awareness of what she was holding.

When I’d given her the pendant five years ago, I’d specifically told her it was from my mother. Now Laurel was calling it garbage.

“You really don’t recognize this at all?” I asked, keeping my voice steady.

She started to speak, “Why would I before stopping mid–sentence.

Looking down at the pendant again, her expression changed. “I don’t remember…” She bit her lip.

“Audrey asked me to return it to you.” Astrid cut in, her voice cold. “When I met Audrey four years ago, she always wore this pendant. She told me it came from someone she loved more than anyone.”

you woke up, she gave it to me

hiding it because she didn’t want you knowing she’d once loved someone else. Yesterday I learned the truth. This pendant was from you. The

a hammer. My

up with Audrey? And she’d

that be possible? And why would she claim I’d given it to

But that couldn’t be right. Audrey told me about her

this made

“Audrey wanted me to return this to you. She’s giving back

Yes, this was my mother’s. But

through me. “How did Audrey get it? How did

from?”

yanked free. “Ask your precious Miss Rose about

divorced you now, cut all ties. She

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Chapter 249

Laurel’s POV

as I stood on stage, staring at the

plan. Rachel never mentioned it in any of her phone notes!

Everything was unraveling.

I wouldn’t