Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 344

Audrey’s POV

Astrid’s fingers clamped around my wrist just as I was about to turn and face Thalia.

“Evelyn,’ she whispered.

‘Don’t,” she murmured. “Since Thalia got back from that boarding school, she’s different. More dangerous.”

“I can’t hide forever,’ I said quietly. “And neither can you.”

I gently freed my wrist from her grip. After all, I’d already died once. What more could Thalia Parker possibly do to me?

As I took a breath and turned, a familiar voice cut through the tension.

“Thalia, Olivia! What brings you here?”

Rachel stood at the boutique entrance, her expression carefully neutral.

Thalia spun around. “Rachel? What are you doing here?”

Rachel walked in. “Shopping with friends. It’s been a while.”

Thalia’s face hardened as she glanced between us. “Shouldn’t you be preparing for your wedding? My brother wouldn’t appreciate you wasting time with… these people.”

‘I’m still me, wedding or not,” Rachel said. “Even after I marry Blake, I’ll only answer to him and the elders. As his sister, you don’t get to dictate who I spend time with.”

Olivia stepped forward. “Careful, Rachel.”

“Remember Audrey? Perfectly healthy when she married Blake, terminal cancer three years later. Think we had something to do with that?”

She smiled. “Want to be the next Audrey Sinclair?*

The store went quiet. I could feel everyone watching as Rachel paled.

I couldn’t help it – I laughed. The sound sliced through the silence.

“So you two are that powerful?” I asked, still facing away from them. “Capable of giving someone terminal cancer?”

“I wouldn’t say we killed her,” Thalia scoffed. “But that bitch’s illness definitely had something to do with how we treated her.”

could hear the smirk in her voice. “What’s this? Trying to protect Rachel

cold smile on my face. “And

from arrogance to shock in an instant. The blood drained from their

course, they

shook.

hair behind my ear. “But I remembered my cancer was partly thanks to you

“This had nothing to do

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Thalia’s arm, suddenly tearful. “Don’t come

‘Laurel who schemed against you! If

Thalia backed away, voice

forward. ‘But weren’t you Laurel’s best

I tilted my head. “Besides, didn’t you just brag about making me

how your story

just talking!” Olivia’s voice rose as she edged

voice again. “Go after

a shaking finger. “You loved my brother,

didn’t do anything to

Rachel stepped forward, her

isn’t Audrey. It’s Evelyn Knox, head of Q-elegant. The brand that’s

giving way to confusion. “She’s

look like Audrey, but they have nothing

squinted. “How is

Olivia ventured, recovering. “When she looks at us, she’s cold, composed. Not like Audrey at

face. “We must have been

sneer returned as her confidence

“How pathetic. After Audrey died, you went and found yourself a replacement? Even my brother’s

my hand. “Evelyn,

Olivia blocked

going?” she demanded. “Didn’t you just say

‘What’s wrong? Now that we know you’re just a fake Audrey, you’re running

I’d taken their bullying without complaint. I’d made excuses: they were Blake’s family; standing up would only cause problems; better

was accompanied by her tight grip

wasn’t the Astrid who once fearlessly threw drinks in people’s faces without

I remembered those scandal photos Adrian had shown me when I first woke up in Sydney. Blake might have buried the stories,

squeezed back, then let go. “You’re the ones