Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 395

Chapter 396

She raised her hand to strike again, but I caught her wrist.

“That’s enough,” I said coolly. “I accept the first slap since William’s collapse might be related to me. But you don’t get a second one.”

I pushed her hand away. Rachel winced, rubbing her wrist.

My cheek stung, but I kept my face expressionless as I walked past her toward the emergency room. I didn’t even glance at Blake as I passed his wheelchair.

‘Let her in,” Dr. Bennett said, stepping aside. “He’s asking for her.”

I nodded my thanks and entered the room.

William looked so frail lying there, hooked up to machines, his skin ashen. My throat tightened at the sight.

‘You came…” He reached for me with a trembling hand.

I rushed to his side and took his hand. “William, I’m here.”

A smile spread across his face. “You came to see me… I’m so happy.”

His eyes narrowed as he noticed my cheek. “What happened to your face? Did they hit you because of me? This is all my fault.”

to touch the handprint. I

“It’s nothing,” I murmured.

be old, but

“Child,

asked Charles for a tissue and wiped the tears I hadn’t realized were falling.

looked at me wasn’t how someone would look at a stranger, or even at their grandchild’s twin. It was too

he look at a stranger with such tenderness? Is it just

and I

his voice barely above a whisper. “You need to take care

a decent man. I don’t know why he’s good to

life. Take

the past stay in the

feeling a bittersweet ache in

The word caught in

nodded, smiling. “I just want you to be

that familiar warmth, that unconditional love – broke my last defenses. I threw my

William!”

Chapter 396

He knew who I

he’d waited at the hotel. That’s why he’d wanted to see Emma

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