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.”

in her voice.

a cold smile on my face. “And what

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

course, they

shook.

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

had nothing

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

you!” she blurted. ‘Laurel who schemed against you! If you want revenge, go after

neither!” Thalia backed

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

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

story changes

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

her voice again. “Go after the

with a shaking finger. “You loved my brother, and now she’s marrying him! Go after

do anything

forward, her voice

back to Thalia. “This isn’t Audrey. It’s Evelyn Knox, head of Q-elegant. The brand that’s collaborating with Parker Group.

fear giving way to confusion. “She’s

delivered the explanation smoothly. “She happens to look like Audrey, but they have nothing in common. She’s

squinted. “How

seem different, Olivia ventured, recovering. “When she looks at us,

my face. “We must have

confidence

Astrid. “How pathetic. After Audrey died, you went and found yourself a

her, taking my hand. “Evelyn,

we moved toward the exit, Olivia

she demanded. “Didn’t

we know you’re just a fake

at her. Three years ago, I’d taken their bullying without complaint. I’d made excuses:

was accompanied by her tight grip

This wasn’t the Astrid who once fearlessly threw drinks in people’s

was “dead”? I remembered those scandal photos Adrian had shown me when I first woke up in Sydney. Blake might have buried

back, then let go. “You’re the ones who should be