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.”

against the wall as 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 running, and my inbox was flooded with things needing my

Mrs. Knox.

me, Rebecca was gone, the guards had left, and we were alone in

face, “Are you

at her, caught

she

has been taken away. Henry’s inside

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you wouldn’t know everything about her past so perfectly. You wouldn’t understand

were the two young people he cared about most. He wanted me to never treat

“All these years, I kept that promise. I never came after Audrey

why you left me and Olivia

eyebrow, took a deep breath, and put my phone away. “Kind

her face relaxed with understanding.

make Olivia apologize

“Don’t bother. I

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

William’s room. “You

said,

and walked past Elizabeth without another glance, following Henry to

we passed, Henry offered Elizabeth a quiet “Goodbye” but kept his focus forward, quickly catching

ago, that shipwreck took her only brother. After Leo died, Elizabeth dropped twenty pounds from grief and couldn’t eat for a month. Since then, she’s kept her distance from everyone except her daughter

to life with his last breath just to spite them. So whenever he got sick, Elizabeth would immediately start fighting with

crap, he

said, closing the car door. “If you hadn’t shown up today, things wouldn’t have gone

“Don’t thank me. I only

William say anything before

my head. ‘He couldn’t talk

the notepad from my purse. “This is what William wrote

took

asked what had been bothering me. “Henry, you said after the

beach… Did she