Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 345

Audrey’s POV

“What the hell do you want to do?” Astrid shouted, throwing her arms out in front of me as the security guards closed in.

The guards circled us, cutting off our escape route. Their faces might have been blank, but their intentions couldn’t have been clearer.

Rachel lunged forward and grabbed Thalia’s arm. “Are you insane? This is Mrs. Knox from the Australian Parker family! Her husband Adrian Knox is a major player in Australian business, and they’re partnering with Parker Group’s jewelry division!”

Her voice cracked with urgency. “You’re not just wrecking the deal your brother fought for – you’re pushing Parker Group closer to bankruptcy!”

Thalia jerked away with a disgusted look. “So what if she’s connected? She can’t just hit me! Since when does having money mean you can slap people whenever you feel like it?”

‘Exactly!” Olivia piped up, her hand still pressed against her cheek. “My own mother wouldn’t dare hit me like that!”

“Please,” Olivia rolled her eyes. “If this Knox woman is such hot shit, why’s she here cosplaying a dead girl?”

self-respecting heiress would stoop to being someone’s stand-in – especially not for garbage like Audrey.

yanked her backward. She twisted against his grip, fighting to

me!” she snapped. “I’m Blake

seizing her shoulders and forcing her to

my stomach clench. barely recognized the carefree girl I once knew. Maybe this was what four years as a vegetative patient did to you. Maybe it taught you that life was too short not to grab whatever happiness you could find, even if it meant clawing your way into a family that would

leaning against a display counter with a smirk. “Make them

Beat their faces until you can’t recognize them! I’m sick of looking at Audrey’s face on this one want

right, Thalia’s eyes lit up. “Smash her

you are,” Olivia sneered my way,

struggled harder. “Stop this right now! I’m about to be a

–

makes me

that bullshit. That wedding’s just theater for my dying

power? Do what I said – beat them! And if she keeps getting in the way, drag her

back in the day? Getting