Chapter 339

In a wheelchair.

Before I could say anything, he pressed the control and sped away.

“Wait!” I called after him, Emma still in my arms.

Blake’s POV

I increased my wheelchair’s speed, ignoring the voice behind me.

I’d come to the airport just to catch a glimpse of her. After a month apart, I needed to see her face.

I hadn’t expected her to recognize me so easily despite the mask hiding most of my face.

A bitter feeling settled in my chest. Maybe I’d underestimated how well she knew me. Maybe she could identify me with just a glance.

If I’d shown her even a fraction of that attentiveness during our marriage, would things have turned out differently?

Audrey’s POV

“Blake Parker, stop! What happened to your leg?” I called as I chased the wheelchair.

A month ago, he’d stepped into an animal trap meant for me. Now he was in a wheelchair. The connection seemed obvious.

“Mommy, put me down!” Emma squirmed in my arms. “I can find Auntie Astrid by myself!”

I hesitated, glancing toward the exit where Astrid stood.

insisted. “You need to catch

gently.

She nodded solemnly and took off toward

rushed past me and

armrest firmly. ‘Someone’s trying to talk to

go,” Blake snapped, glaring up at

breathing hard. “Blake! Why are you running?

us,

frowned, refusing to

you sure it’s him?” Ethan asked me, doubt creeping into his voice. “Evelyn, I think you might be

the wheelchair, catching

let out a

finally

dropped at the

1/2

your leg?” I asked

Parker. But there’s a difference between not wanting to be in someone’s debt and pretending you

you are.

had stepped into that trap for me on Long Island. When we tried to visit him after, he’d refused to see us. Now he was in

locked eyes, neither of us backing

was in a car

wheelchair handle. “I should’ve been the one who got hurt, but he pushed me out of the

her arm. “See? I only

too extensive to be from some minor incident. I couldn’t deny what I

Rachel continued, “Said a

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