Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 357

Audrey’s POV

Charles met my eyes, his expression heavy with something unspoken.

“After what happened ten months ago, Blake kept your passing from his grandfather,” he said quietly. “He was afraid the news would kill William. But the old man found out anyway.”

Charles’s shoulders sagged. “When he learned about your death, he almost died himself.”

I leaned against the wall, feeling suddenly cold.

“Everyone came back – Thalia and Olivia from boarding school, every Parker family member and friend. The doctors gave up hope. We all thought it was over.”

I closed my eyes. My chest tightened. So William’s health collapsed because of me. Again.

“In what we thought were his final moments, he just kept calling for you. Said he wanted to join you wherever you were.”

I bit my lip hard enough to taste copper.

“Then Rachel Hayes burst into the emergency room.” Charles shook his head. “She grabbed his hand and told him she was you – that you weren’t dead after all. That brought him back somehow.”

“But his mind hasn’t been the same since,” he added, lightly touching my shoulder. “He doesn’t recognize faces or voices anymore. He only remembers feelings, associations, who people were to him.”

–

you – your habits, your past to convince

favorite visitor.”

up. “Charles, you’ve been with William for decades. You’ve seen everything between us and the

directly. “I won’t deny who I am to you. But as

else, you’re

are

Thalia at the mall, and

elder.”

into some garbage on our way in.

tossed my hair back. “When you’ve died once, you come back different. Can’t be the doormat

Charles stared, speechless.

glanced back over my shoulder. “Keep my secret,

beeping steadily. William looked tiny in his bed, nothing like the commanding presence I remembered. His eyes were

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not the girl’s,” he said

cloudy. “She’s young. Taking care of

his bedside,

as Audrey was, but I

name in his mouth

years with

silently, tears