Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 287

The room fell silent except for occasional footsteps in the hallway.

“I need to go back,” I finally said. “My friends need me.”

Adrian nodded slightly. “I figured you’d say that. But you still need at least three more months to recover.”

“Clarke says I can travel short distances in a month if I follow the treatment plan.”

“You’ll need regular follow-ups,” he countered. “Recovery after major transplants is critical.”

I looked down at my hands. “I’ll come back for check-ups, but I won’t stay.”

Then I met his gaze again. “If I return as Audrey Sinclair, it’ll cause too many complications. I don’t want anything to do with Blake Parker again.”

An idea formed in my mind. “But if I go back as Evelyn Knox… things would be much simpler.”

Adrian raised an eyebrow. “You want to impersonate Evelyn?”

“Yes. We’re identical twins. No one would suspect I’m really Audrey.”

“I don’t want my old life back. Audrey’s life was nothing but pain.

shook slightly before I steadied it. “I want a fresh start. As Evelyn,

stayed silent. The door opened as Eleanor came in with

down the tea and approached.

“Audrey is already ‘dead. Now I’m Evelyn Knox,

learn everything about

this

needs a mother,” he

softened. “Emma is

though they left before they could be born. Maybe this is another chance to

at Eleanor sincerely. “I’ll take care of Emma. She’ll never know her birth mother is gone. For

expect you to become Evelyn completely. We just want

warmed me unexpectedly. “I

helping me, they weren’t

1/2

many years fixated on Blake Parker, making myself miserable. Now

Knox, call me Evelyn,” I said with newfound resolve. “I’ll be Emma’s mother, your daughter, and Adrian’s… wife. Though just