Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 421

Audrey’s POV

I froze when I heard an unfamiliar voice outside the car. Deep and commanding, with a slight rasp that demanded attention.

Standing beside the open door was Henry Hartford in a perfectly tailored gray suit. My breath caught. He was supposed to be overseas. Adrian had specifically mentioned that when I’d asked for his number to help find Astrid.

What’s he doing here?

I hesitated, not moving to get out. Henry’s piercing gaze swept over me, his patience visibly thinning.

“I said get out,” he repeated, his tone harder.

When I still didn’t move fast enough, Henry reached in and yanked me roughly from the car. I stumbled, letting out a startled cry.

‘Ah – !”

My shoulder throbbed where his grip had been. Henry immediately pushed me aside, turning to Blake who was still in the car.

“Let go of me!” Blake growled as Henry and Felix lifted him from the car.

Henry’s lips curled into a slight smile as he placed Blake in his wheelchair. “Taking care of the disabled is everyone’s responsibility.”

Blake glared at him, adjusting his position in the chair. His jaw clenched as he ground his teeth, refusing to acknowledge the comment.

Henry turned around and pulled out a cigarette. I noticed something odd his hand trembled slightly as he reached for it. The tremble was subtle but definitely there.

“How’d it go at the funeral home?” he asked, his voice deliberately emotionless.

He seemed to be working hard to hide his feelings. This wasn’t the cool, collected professional I’d heard about from Astrid. He seemed… rattled.

“The accident victim, it wasn’t Astrid Wilson, was it?” Henry asked, taking a deep drag from his cigarette.

Blake adjusted himself in the wheelchair. “No, it wasn’t her.”

I watched Henry’s face. A flicker of relief crossed his features before his expression returned to neutral.

“Maybe her necklace was stolen or she just lost it,” Blake continued. “We haven’t found her yet, but at least we know the accident victim wasn’t her.”

Henry exhaled smoke. “Good.”

rings upward. “Astrid Wilson is my person. From now on, leave the search for her to

me she had always crushed on Henry,

reaction to her disappearance, I’m starting to doubt that. Isn’t he clearly trying to hide how worried he is?

when you split up, she said she was following Rebecca

I nodded. “If something happened to Astrid, those two

at the Parker mansion getting their hair done for the press conference

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movements and communications.

cigarette under his heel. “I think after she followed them, she

expression hardened, determination flashing in his eyes. ‘I’ll find Astrid,

he turned

Astrid’s POV

lying on a fancy round bed, my head throbbing.

opened silently. A man in a black suit with expensive leather shoes

a word, he sat on the bed and touched my face. Even unconscious, I turned away from

quietly, “A model’s face

finally managed to rub my aching head and sit up. My vision cleared to reveal a

with frills. My hair was loose with

are you?” I croaked.

and reached for my face

head, confused. “Don’t you remember?”

You’re going to marry

my throbbing head.

stood and walked to a nearby table. “You were in a

me. “Doctor

didn’t reach his eyes. “Don’t

I’ll

memory back. With me here, it’ll

this man, but my mind was completely

‘Really?” I asked, skeptical.

vaguely remembered being attracted to some guy, and having a friend I’d

couldn’t picture what he looked like

people existed, but whenever I tried to recall details, my mind went blank and my head

What’s yours?” I bit my lip, studying his