Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 269

Chapter 269

Laurel’s POV

Mom spooned soup into my mouth while we sat in suffocating silence.

“Laurel,” she finally asked, setting the spoon down, “that woman who helped you fake your illness is really gone?”

“Obviously,” I snapped. “Why else would I have Dr. Evans scrambling for another terminal patient overnight?”

I tapped my fingers against the sheets, anxiety building. This situation was turning into a disaster. The new patient’s data might not convince Blake for long.

This replacement has gastric cancer too, but she’s not as far along. The numbers won’t match exactly. If Blake starts examining the data…

“I still don’t understand,” Mom sighed. “Why fake being sick at all? You saved Blake’s life. Even without an illness, shouldn’t his heart be yours?”

I shot her a cold look. “His heart? Mine? If he truly didn’t care about Audrey, would he ignore his dying fiancée to search for her

body? Without this illness, he would’ve already – ”

“Already what?”

me jump. I nearly burned my tongue on

mumbled, covering my

took the soup bowl from Mom. “Around the time you mentioned I

to me. “Were you going

not what I meant,”

looking for Rachel too. She’s your sister,

tone felt off, but I

said, feeling

have things to take

Mom stood quickly. “You two enjoy

behind

my sister and Audrey… they

“The rescue team mentioned sharks in that area. The bodies might

help a slight smile. I bit my lip, hoping he hadn’t

I said, looking at my

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as his arms wrapped around

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