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.

skin warm and soft. “Emma?

Just steady breathing, her small

the bodyguard said, climbing into the ambulance while pressing a cloth against a nasty

paramedic pushed him into a seat and examined the wound. “Jesus. What happened out

shape. The bodyguard’s laugh was empty, his eyes cold. “Not that they’ll

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

finally

cleaned his cut. “You recognize me,

“You’re the guy Blake hired to

“You knew about

‘For a while now.”

a job interview while getting stitched up. “Blake

back to New York, he switched my assignment. Said you could handle yourself here,

dug something from his arm. “This kidnapping wasn’t random. They’d been planning it, watching for a chance. Knew your schedule

kid wanted garden time, and they jumped when your friend checked her

only went after Hartford’s guys and your friend.” He shrugged. “I was farther back, looked dangerous, so they left

“Wait – they took

Guards waved them through like they belonged there.” Jett

protecting Emma, why would he arrange a kidnapping? And if those cars got

Parker Group resources or get company cars past security. If

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suddenly rang. A paramedic pulled it from his pocket and handed it

answer it, he said. “Might be important with his

the phone, my blood turning to ice when I

The only other person besides Blake

connected before

aren’t you answering my texts? Michael said you were resting,

Audrey’s POV

this have to do with me? Your daughter – Rachel blurted out, then stopped

switched to a concerned tone. “Your daughter was kidnapped? What

slip told me everything I needed to know. “It

I should’ve connected the dots sooner. Who else had access to Parker Group vehicles? Who could get past company security without questions?

–

it perfectly – intercepting us on the street to create a public scene while

up defensively. “When your daughter was kidnapped, I was arguing with you and Adrian in the middle of the street! There’s

to do with any kidnapping or

couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. “Miss Hayes, why

you so certain you were arguing with me at the exact moment

quiet except for her heavy breathing. Caught in her own

would’ve worried me. I’d have felt protective of my friend who’d been through so much. I would’ve done anything

breath.

I will get to the bottom of Emma’s

too busy dealing with charges from

up before

right back. Jett frowned, took the

hired were vicious,” he said coldly. “They started out just wanting ransom for the girl, but once they

didn’t even hesitate

stab both him and the kid to death after getting paid. If me

to kill the man you’re supposed to

up, cutting

Rachel’s POV

silent phone,

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kidnappers hurt Blake? This wasn’t

my phone and rushed downstairs from the second floor

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