Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 271

Audrey’s POV

A phone’s shrill ring dragged me from deep sleep. I blindly reached out, grabbed it, and hit answer without checking who was

calling.

“Hello?” My voice was rough with sleep.

After a brief silence came an ear-splitting shriek. “Who the hell is this?”

“Why do you have Blake’s phone?” The woman’s voice rose with each word. “It’s barely eight in the morning! What are you doing together at this hour?”

I blinked, suddenly wide awake as I recognized Laurel’s voice.

“You sound half-asleep! You bitch! How dare you steal my man!”

I panicked and hung up, putting the phone down and mentally kicking myself.

Great job, Audrey. Just brilliant.

I’ve been so careful to keep up the illusion I’m dead – keeping my phone off, only using that old phone to talk to Felix occasionally. And

now I answer Blake’s phone like an idiot.

I glanced over at Blake, who was still sleeping soundly. For a guy with normally razor-sharp senses, he seemed completely

undisturbed by the noise.

That’s weird, I thought. After being blinded five years ago and then the whole vegetative state thing, Blake barely sleeps at all. Usually if I so much as breathe too loud, he wakes up.

The phone was blaring and Laurel was screeching like a banshee… how is he still asleep?

The phone started ringing again. Laurel’s name lit up the screen. After a moment’s hesitation, I nudged Blake’s shoulder.

“Miss Rose is calling,” I said.

eyes opened immediately. He took the phone from my

his voice perfectly

just called you, and

like she just rolled out of bed,” Laurel continued, her voice taking on

someone behind my back?”

glanced at me before answering. “It was just the cleaning lady. She answered when she saw

I’ll come to the hospital today and stay with you. I won’t leave your

help but feel disgusted. Less than twenty-four hours ago, I was explaining to him how Laurel was faking her

actually thought he might start

and slipped out of the bedroom with Snow in my

Blake’s POV

call with Laurel, I headed downstairs. The scent of warm milk and toasted bread

I stood there, oddly transfixed. After she was gone, this place just

smelling this again after

This is what home

Audrey at the dining table. She noticed me watching her and quickly

down the remaining steps

you

coming back here for the

immediately

pretty

I don’t want to see you,” she said. “It’s just that Snow and

hardening. “Don’t forget that this is our marital home. This property is under my name. What do

edge to her voice, “do you even remember how often you came here when we were married? All those nights you didn’t come home, it was just Snow keeping me company. So yeah, we got

over and we remarry,” I

she said dismissively. “Here, take this. Eat it on the way if

prepared, then picked up Snow and headed upstairs without looking

words hit me like a slap. I stood there watching her

right, I admitted to myself. When we were

that penthouse near the office. When work got crazy, I’d just crash

week, sometimes

I picked up the milk and

car after breakfast, I was about to start the engine when my phone rang. Thalia’s name appeared on the

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