Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 437

Chapter 438

Audrey’s POV

I twisted free from the distracted guards and stumbled back several steps.

Thalia lunged at me but caught nothing but air – I’d already moved out of reach.

Astrid rushed from the elevator, grabbed my arm and pulled me behind her, shielding me with her body.

Audrey! You okay?” Her voice was tight with worry.

I never expected Astrid to find me here. After all the crap she took from Thalia while I was gone, she still rushed in first, protecting me with her slender frame.

Maybe I wasn’t a complete disaster with relationships after all.

At least I had Astrid – someone who actually gave a damn about me.

Thalia’s face turned an ugly shade of purple beneath the swelling. “Astrid Wilson! Ruining my day again?” She spat the words out. “Forgotten what it felt like when my people pelted you with rotten eggs? Because I haven’t.”

She stepped forward. “I can make everyone hate you all over again. Think I’m bluffing?”

Astrid didn’t flinch. A cold smile spread across her face. “Is that so?”

Without warning, Astrid slapped Thalia’s already swollen cheek. The sound echoed down the corridor as Thalia’s head snapped to the side.

For a moment, nobody moved. Then something dangerous flickered in Thalia’s eyes

–

a bloodthirsty rage that sent chills down my spine.

“You’ll pay for that,” she hissed, touching her cheek. “Both of you!”

She turned to the security guards. “Don’t just stand there! Grab them! NOW!”

Her voice rose. “The old man’s dead! Blake’s in a coma! I run this family now I’ll destroy you two bitches!”

The guards exchanged uncomfortable glances before slowly moving toward us.

–

‘Astrid, get behind me,” I said quietly.

‘Just wait,’ she whispered, checking her watch. “Where is he…?”

elevator doors opened again. Henry Hartford stepped out, flanked by four men in black suits who made the hospital security look like mall cops. The hallway’s energy immediately shifted as Henry’s men formed

to

fine,’ she

toward Thalia. “Though she’s

did this?” He

For Blake. My eyes flashed. “And a few

mouth quirked up. “None

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that a long time ago,’ I replied, glancing coldly at

threats. His gaze was clinical

someone who matters to me,” he said quietly. “That

up at him. I left you alone before because I

you did. And I know you’re not

face. She

“Take her, Henry said.

grabbed Thalia’s arms. She struggled uselessly

in her eyes. “Mom, help

stayed on the floor, still muttering

Help!” Thalia’s voice

arm. “Let’s pay our respects to your

–

“But Thalia Olivia began.

her off, pulling her

her last hope disappear down the

“Want to handle this yourself, or should my men take care

my surprise, Astrid

“Handle what?” she asked.

her. This wasn’t the Astrid I knew the one who never forgot

everything she did to you? The public humiliation, the

genuinely confused. “I don’t know what you’re

moved closer, studying her face. “Astrid, did you

her features before she

she continued, her voice strangely formal, “and Evelyn’s

I grabbed her wrist, “Where are

pulled away. “It’s lunchtime. My

felt wrong in my

today,” she said, ignoring

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pausing only to give Henry one last look before the doors

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