Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO novel Chapter 297

Chapter 297

Not that I needed to explain any of this to them.

“Mr. Knox,” Rachel said with a practiced smile, “my engagement to Blake has its reasons.”

Her tone remained polite but cool. “We’ve only met twice. We’re business partners, not friends yet. I don’t think we owe you explanations about our private matters.” She turned to me. “Blake, don’t you agree?”

I shifted my gaze away from the woman with Audrey’s face. “Yes. Maybe when we become actual friends, we’ll explain our engagement. Right now, these questions seem inappropriate.”

“What are you talking about?” Adrian sneered. “You think I care why you’re engaged?”

“I’m just curious if you two betrayed Audrey Sinclair while she was alive.”

“Audrey died ten months ago,” he continued. “You announced your engagement with a lavish ceremony just three months later. Is that enough time for a man who supposedly loved his wife to move past grief and get engaged to her best friend?”

I clenched my fists, feeling my control slipping. Rachel quickly placed her hand on mine, subtly shaking her head.

“Of course, you can keep saying it’s private,” Adrian pressed. “But since we’re discussing a business partnership, I need to understand who I’m working with.” He leaned forward. “Did either of you betray Audrey Sinclair while she was still alive?”

I stared at Rachel’s hand on mine, then looked up toward Audrey’s double. She was calmly pouring tea for Adrian, completely

uninterested in our conversation.

Her indifference squeezed something in my chest. Though I knew she wasn’t Audrey, her complete lack of interest still hurt, making

me feel like Audrey herself had never cared.

Rachel tightened her grip on my hand. “Mr. Knox, let me be clear.”

“My engagement to Blake isn’t based on romantic feelings. It involves family interests and business considerations. Neither of us ever betrayed Audrey. Her death is a wound we haven’t recovered from. There’s no romantic relationship between Blake and me. Even if we eventually marry, it won’t be about love.”

Rachel took a deep breath and looked Adrian straight in the eye. “Does that answer your question, Mr. Knox?”

She then turned to Evelyn. “Mrs. Knox, if we’d betrayed Audrey, would we go through all this trouble just to understand her creative process through your similar designs?”

Evelyn waited a moment before responding. “I believe you.”

She glanced at Adrian. “Let’s drop it. We’ve spent enough time on other people’s personal business.”

She stood up and walked over to Emma, who was playing with her stuffed bear in the corner. She scooped her up and headed for the bedroom. “Dr. Clarke’s expecting us soon. I need to get Emma ready.”

“Handle the business details without me. I don’t need to be there for that part.”

At the doorway, she stopped. “I look like his ex-wife. That’s it. I’m not her.”

“Whatever they did or didn’t do to Audrey Sinclair has nothing to do with me. I don’t want to hear about this again.”

After the door clicked shut, Rachel smiled tightly and handed the agreement to Adrian. “Since your wife’s out, let’s go through these

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