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.”

hear the smirk in her voice. “What’s

a cold smile on my face. “And

an instant. The blood drained from their

course,

voice shook. “You’re not

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

had nothing

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

blurted. ‘Laurel who schemed against you! If

neither!” Thalia backed away,

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

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

story changes

rose as she edged toward the exit. “Leave us

found her voice again. “Go after the

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

do

Thalia.” Rachel stepped forward,

back to Thalia. “This isn’t Audrey. It’s Evelyn Knox, head of Q-elegant. The

stared at me, fear giving way to confusion. “She’s not

to look like Audrey, but they have nothing in common. She’s here with

“How is that

recovering. “When she looks

my face. “We

returned as her confidence rebuilt. “Just a lookalike,

Audrey died, you went and found yourself a replacement?

taking my

the exit, Olivia blocked our path, arms

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

Now that we know you’re just

taken their bullying without complaint. I’d made excuses: they were Blake’s family; standing

Astrid’s warning tone was accompanied by her

a bit sad. This wasn’t the Astrid who once

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

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