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 convince him

favorite visitor.”

been with William for decades. You’ve seen everything between us and the rest

met his gaze directly. “I won’t deny who I

quickly. “To everyone else, you’re Mrs. Knox,

are you visiting

taking a breath. “I slapped Thalia at the mall, and Blake brought me here

elder.”

smile. “I also knocked Rebecca into some garbage on our way in. So I’m

you’ve died once, you come back different.

Charles stared, speechless.

back over my shoulder. “Keep my secret, especially from Blake. He can’t know I’m

his bed, nothing like the commanding presence I remembered. His

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is my fault, not the girl’s,” he said weakly. “Don’t be

at the ceiling, eyes cloudy. “She’s young.

moved to his

Audrey was, but I can’t fault her

in his mouth felt like a physical

in those years with Blake,” he said,

silently, tears