Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Blake’s POV

Alarms suddenly blared throughout the room. Every medical monitor lit up with warning signals. Scarlett jumped, her composure shattering as she rushed to check the equipment.

“What’s happening?” She examined the screens, panic evident her voice.

I let go of Laurel and stepped toward the monitors. Each display showed the same message: [DISCONNECTED] or [CONNECTION LOST]. Red warning indicators flashed continuously.

I checked the wires and tubes connected to Laurel. The IV line, heart monitor leads, oxygen sensor – everything seemed properly attached, yet the system claimed otherwise.

“How is this possible?” I frowned, looking back at Laurel. “Everything’s still connected.”

Laurel hesitated, biting her lower lip. “It’s probably just a system malfunction.”

She reached for my hand. “Blake darling, could you find Dr. Evans? She’ll know what to do.”

After studying her face briefly, I nodded and left the room. A nurse directed me to Dr. Evans‘ office. When I entered, she was reviewing patient files.

“Mr. Parker,” she said, looking up.

“Laurel’s monitoring equipment has malfunctioned. All machines disconnected at once, though everything’s still physically

attached.”

The transformation in Dr. Evans was immediate. She went pale and stood so abruptly her chair slammed against the wall.

“They’ve disconnected?” Her voice pitched higher than normal.

She froze for a moment, visibly shaken, then attempted to recover. “Probably just a system error. I’ll check right away,

She seems unusually worried about a routine technical issue.

She grabbed a tablet from her desk. “I’ll go to Miss Rose’s room now. Would you mind waiting here? I’ll be back once I’ve assessed the situation.”

With that, she left. My phone chimed with a notification. I pulled it out and saw a message from Victoria Sinclair.

The screen showed Victoria holding Audrey’s white ragdoll cat, $now. Her text read: “Blake, I stole this cat from Astrid Wilson’s place. My sister loved it so much should I bring it to her funeral?”

The image triggered a flood of memories. I gave it to Audrey for our anniversary.

How many times had I walked in to find her passed out on the couch, that white ball of fur curled against her chest? Waiting up for me again.

I knew how much she loved that cat.

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away from millions without inking, Jewelry, property, assets she wanted none

and Victoria clearly hadn’t been taking

number, pushing aside

taken Snow?” Lasked the

Victoria’s voice came through. “You finally called! I’ve

“Where’s the cat, Victoria?”

cat really that important right now? Lthought you’d want

choices,” I cut her off. “Bring Snow to Mayo Clinic immediately, or I’ll have people find you and turn you over

after you leave the police station, you won’t just find New York

hung up

Victoria’s POV

stunned.

glanced at the designer bag beside me, Snow meowed

“Useless,” I muttered.

would impress Blake, show him I cared about Audrey’s things. Maybe he’d

threatened my entire

over

a

stupid pet.

options. Blake Parker wasn’t known for empty threats. When

lifestyle. If Blake turned against us, we’d be

bag, ignoring the

hailed

to?” the driver

answered, resignation heavy in

Blake’s POV

looking distinctly unhappy. She thrust the bag containing Snow

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care of Snow,

not bothering to look at her as

*But

“Goodbye, Victoria.”

away, leaving her standing alone. The cat settled against my chest as I carried it to my car and

the

Dr. Evans said you left

“Yes,” I answered simply.