Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 406

Chapter 406

Audrey’s POV

Blood on marble. That’s what registered first – Blake’s blood dripping onto the polished Parker Group lobby floor. Medical personnel rushed his stretcher through the entrance from the parking garage, their movements urgent.

What’s happening?

Didn’t Michael just tell me Blake was resting?

Why is he being carried out covered in blood?

How did he get injured?

My brain couldn’t process what my eyes were seeing. Blake Parker – covered in blood, unconscious, his face ghostly pale against the crimson stains. I ran forward without thinking.

“What happened?” I grabbed the nearest paramedic’s arm. “What’s wrong with him?”

The medical personnel barely looked up, focused on moving. “We don’t know.”

His colleague glanced at my panicked face. “You family?”

“I… I am.” The lie came easy when it mattered. My voice betrayed more worry than I wanted to show.

“Good. Come with us then. We might need someone to sign for blood transfusions or emergency surgery.”

I followed them out to the waiting ambulance, my stomach in knots, mind racing with possibilities.

Inside the ambulance, I pressed myself against the wall, watching them work on Blake. They hooked him up to monitors and slipped an oxygen mask over his face. His skin looked ghostly under the harsh ambulance lights, his breathing irregular and shallow.

What caught my eye was the burlap sack clutched against his chest. Even unconscious, his arms locked around it like a vise, protecting whatever was inside despite his injuries.

“What’s with the death grip?” A paramedic tugged at Blake’s arms. “He won’t let go of whatever’s in there.”

They tried to move his hands, but his grip only tightened. After a few attempts, they worked around it, finding ways to connect equipment without disturbing his hold on the mysterious sack.

“It’s a little girl.”

I jumped at the voice behind me. A blood-covered man stood at the ambulance entrance – Blake’s bodyguard, the one I’d seen in the hotel security footage.

“Look at the shape,” he said, like he was discussing the weather instead of standing there covered in blood. “That’s a kid in there.”

“Emma…” I tried to push past the paramedic toward him, panic rising in my chest.

“She’s right there.” He nodded at the sack. “In his arms.”

1 stared at the burlap bundle, now seeing the unmistakable outline of a small body. My heart slammed against my ribs as realization hit me.

“A kid?” The paramedic’s eyes widened.

i lunged forward, grabbing the sack. “Blake, let go!” I shouted, not caring how desperate I sounded.

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Like magic, his arms relaxed. The paramedics jaws dropped as they watched his grip loosen at just the sound of my voice.

I tore open the sack and nearly collapsed. Emma lay inside, sleeping peacefully like she was taking a nap at home. I checked her quickly for injuries but found none. Despite all the blood on Blake and his bodyguard, not a single drop had touched her. She’d been perfectly protected.

“Damn,” the paramedic muttered, watching Blake’s now-slack arms. “Guy’s out cold but still does what you say. You must be special to him.”

He gave me a curious look. ‘Wife?”

‘Ex,’ I said, with a bitter half-smile that felt like it might crack my face.

cheek, her skin warm and soft. “Emma? Sweetie,

small chest

ambulance while pressing a cloth against a

seat and examined the wound. “Jesus. What happened

empty, his eyes cold. “Not that

the ambulance doors closed and we pulled away from the curb. The sirens wailed overhead while I tried to make sense

hell happened?” I finally

paramedic cleaned his cut.

hired to follow me. I saw you in the hotel

surprised. “You

‘For a while now.”

then private security for about ten years. He talked like he was giving a job interview while getting stitched up. “Blake paid me crazy

Said you

wasn’t random. They’d been planning it, watching for a chance. Knew

spotted them early but couldn’t figure out their game. Then your kid wanted garden time, and

back, looked dangerous, so they

– they took Emma to Parker

there.” Jett

why would he arrange a kidnapping? And if

hit me like a punch. There weren’t many people who could command Parker Group resources or get company cars past security. If it wasn’t

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it from

“Might be important with

to ice when

President of Parker Group. The only other person besides Blake who

before

answering my texts? Michael said you were resting, but I

Audrey’s POV

this have to do with me? Your daughter – Rachel

concerned tone. “Your daughter was

I needed to know. “It was you who

had access to Parker Group vehicles? Who could

–

intercepting us on the street to create a public

“When your daughter was kidnapped, I was arguing with you and Adrian in the middle of the street! There’s livestream footage, videos, witnesses

to do with any kidnapping or

bitterly. “Miss Hayes,

you when Emma was kidnapped, did I? How are you so certain you were arguing with me at the

for her heavy breathing. Caught in

I’d have felt protective of my friend who’d been through

a deep breath. “Miss Hayes.

the bottom of Emma’s

your wedding. You’ll be too busy dealing with charges from me, Adrian,

before she

called right back. Jett frowned, took the phone

just wanting ransom for the girl, but once they recognized Mr. Parker was there to rescue her,

didn’t even

decided they’d stab both him and the kid to death after getting paid. If me and the other security guys hadn’t fought like hell, Parker would be dead

to kill the man you’re supposed

up, cutting

Rachel’s POV

silent phone, stunned. “How could this

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hurt Blake? This wasn’t the

downstairs from the second floor

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