Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 379

Adrian’s POV

I felt something shift inside me when Audrey tilted her head and smiled. That gesture so achingly familiar.

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“Well?” she asked. “Don’t you care what happens to me?”

This woman looked too much like Evelyn. The memory hit hard – Evelyn chasing me around campus with that same head tilt, that same smile. She’d call me ‘cute’ and I’d warn her not to, but she’d just smile wider and say it again.

I stared at Audrey, reality blurring. Is she Evelyn? Has to be.

My investigation into Audrey Sinclair had shown a depressed woman who’d made herself unrecognizable after a failed marriage. But this woman before me…

I reached out, touching her cheek gently. “How could I not care about your life? My voice barely audible. “Your life is the most important thing to me.”

She smiled, blinking slowly. “Really? Look at this.” She waved her phone screen at me. “Even reporters can see you don’t care whether I live or die. Why deny it?”

‘I’m not denying anything,” I said, hurt flashing across my face. “I really care about you. I wanted to protect you.”

“I didn’t want to put you in that place, but if I hadn’t, you would’ve gone crazy sooner or later!”

lunged forward, pulling her against me. I held her

Her name fell from

were handpicked by me. They wouldn’t hurt you.” I clutched her closer. “I

Audrey’s POV

was to push him away. His scent, his warmth – completely unfamiliar. But I

against his chest. “Adrian, I know you care about

could you

tightened. “After the yacht incident, your mental state wasn’t normal. The doctors said

past. Emma’s been born now.” His voice dropped. “Let’s not talk about it anymore. I

told me, I thought. My sister was institutionalized after surviving the yacht disaster – the

resilience? Or did

me, looking embarrassed. “Sorry.

fine, I said. “Do I really look that much like

my smile and quickly looked away. “Don’t do that. That smile… it’s exactly like

wasn’t thinking straight earlier. Don’t take

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I aptured him. “But tell me what was the real reason you sent my