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.”

looked directly at me. “She still wore it after marrying you. But when you woke up, she gave it to me for safekeeping. She

“I thought she was 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 person she loved more than anyone…

My mind raced to

pendant I’d given Laurel had somehow ended up with Audrey?

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

man Audrey loved most. But that couldn’t be right. Audrey told me about her first love the man from Pinehaven Village. We’d first met at my grandfather’s nursing

this

wanted me to return this to you. She’s giving back your mother’s

Yes, this was my mother’s.

tightened as confusion and anger surged through me. “How did Audrey get it? How did she know where

from?”

free. “Ask your precious

cut all ties. She has no reason to lie about something like

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Laurel’s POV

at the

part of my plan. Rachel never mentioned it in any of

Everything was unraveling.

wouldn’t let