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.”

–

softened. “Rachel knew enough about you – your habits, your past to

favorite visitor.”

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

deny who I

“To everyone else, you’re Mrs. Knox, Adrian’s wife. I

asked, “But why are you visiting William today? What’s your

here to apologize,” I said, taking a breath. “I slapped Thalia at the mall, and Blake brought me here to say sorry

elder.”

help a small smile. “I also knocked Rebecca into some garbage on our

you’ve died once, you come back different. Can’t be

Charles stared, speechless.

my shoulder. “Keep my secret, especially from Blake.

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

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this cold is my fault, not the girl’s,”

cloudy. “She’s young. Taking care of a

to his bedside, throat

attentive as Audrey was, but I can’t

name in his mouth felt like a

so much in those years with Blake,” he said, voice tinged with

silently, tears