Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 439

Audrey’s POV

Henry stared at Rebecca’s crumpled form on the floor. ‘How could she not know who fathered her child?”

I glanced down at the once-formidable woman now reduced to muttering incoherently. Against my better judgment, I felt a flicker of pity.

“Maybe she didn’t know herself,” I said. “Leo never cared for her. Their marriage was empty. That one night she got pregnant was probably their only time together.’

I watched Rebecca rock back and forth. “Now our DNA tests prove Thalia has zero Parker blood. Leo wasn’t her father.”

Henry’s eyebrows shot up.

“And that’s not all I told her,” I added. “When Leo took Blake on that cruise five years ago, he was meeting someone from Leonora Sterling’s family. He’d received a letter from the Australian Parkers.”

Henry studied me with fresh interest. “So beating Thalia was revenge on her, and breaking Rebecca’s mind was revenge on her?”

I nodded with a small smile. “Three years living with them taught me exactly where to aim.”

“You’re nothing like your sister,” Henry remarked.

My smile remained, but my eyes fixed on the wall ahead. “I used to be.”

Down the hall, Charles spoke quietly to a teary-faced Elizabeth while Henry and I stood in silence broken only by Rebecca’s muttering.

“What now?” Henry asked. “Staying to help with arrangements or going to see Blake?”

I hesitated, glancing toward William’s room before sighing. “With my current identity, I shouldn’t stay.”

“I’m officially the adopted daughter of Leonora Sterling’s sister,” I explained.

Henry let out a dry laugh. “Good point. William tore them apart and drove your adoptive parents out of New York. Your presence at his funeral would start talk that wouldn’t help anyone.”

“Exactly,” I said, trying to mask the bitterness in my voice.

‘Ill say goodbye to Mr. Parker,” Henry said. ‘Wait for me – we’ll visit Blake together.”

Henry walked into William’s room. I pulled out my phone to text the driver, then sorted through work emails. Even with me gone from Sydney, my sister’s company Q-elegant kept

Mrs. Knox.

Elizabeth standing before me, Rebecca was gone, the guards

my face, “Are

stared at her, caught

else here,” she said,

me directly. “William’s body has been taken away. Henry’s inside with Charles planning the

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just Audrey’s sister, you wouldn’t know everything about

eyes. “William once told me and Audrey that we were the two young people he cared about most. He wanted me to

promised him I wouldn’t,” she continued. “All these years, I kept that promise. I never came after Audrey myself. Sometimes I couldn’t control Olivia when she followed Thalia around, but I never

“That’s why you left me

a deep breath, and put my phone away.

at me for several seconds before her face relaxed with understanding.

together. “After the funeral, I’ll make Olivia apologize properly for the

waved dismissively. “Don’t bother. I

give William a proper funeral,” I said. “Make sure

William’s room. “You done in

finished,” Henry said, appearing

and walked past Elizabeth without another

we passed, Henry offered Elizabeth a quiet “Goodbye” but kept his

shipwreck took her only brother. After Leo died, Elizabeth dropped twenty pounds from grief and couldn’t eat for a month. Since

just to spite them. So whenever he got sick, Elizabeth would immediately start fighting with Rebecca over his assets. Childish, but it worked for her – because

even if she threatened to blow his fortune on crap, he wouldn’t get up to argue

you hadn’t shown up today, things wouldn’t

his seat, expression neutral. “Don’t thank me. I only came

to me. ‘Did William say anything before

head. ‘He

from my purse. “This is what William

frowned as he took it, examining the

what had been bothering me. “Henry, you said after the shipwreck, my sister

Blake on the beach… Did