Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO novel Chapter 317

Chapter 317

The kidnapper had clearly given her an aphrodisiac. There could be cameras recording us. I wouldn’t let anything happen to her

here.

The formal address seemed to break through the fog. Something in her eyes cleared momentarily.

“You… why are you here?” she asked, more coherent now.

‘I came to rescue you.” I said.

Even drugged, when I called her Mrs. Knox, she’d broken free momentarily. Was Adrian Knox’s wife really such an important identity to her?

Felix’s POV

I sat near the front of the ballroom, smiling as I received gifts for my grandfather. When the Knox family approached, I immediately noticed something wrong. Adrian walked up with little Emma, but no Audrey.

My forehead throbbed. Hadn’t she returned long ago? She’d said she needed to get back to Emma, worried Adrian couldn’t properly care for her alone. Yet I’d been here for hours, and still no her.

As Adrian offered birthday wishes, I leaned forward. “Mr. Knox, where is Audrey?”

Adrian maintained his polite smile while responding quietly, “She went to find you earlier and never came back. Her phone is off. Where have you hidden her?”

His accusation shocked me. “I was going to ask you the same thing. Audrey said goodbye and returned to you long ago.”

The implications suddenly hit me. “Could it be…”

Adrian’s gaze immediately darted toward Blake’s seat. Instead of Blake, Rachel sat there with Astrid Wilson and Ethan Davies. Michael stood nearby, making phone calls.

“That’s Astrid Wilson,” I explained. “She’s my friend, but has no connection to my grandfather. Looks like she came with Rachel

Hayes.”

Blake’s earlier words clicked. He’d mentioned Rachel was picking up two friends. So was he actually mentioning Astrid and Ethan?

I looked at Adrian anxiously. “They’re both Audrey’s former best friends. Blake wants to test whether Evelyn is actually Audrey through them.”

“He still won’t give up,” Adrian said, eyes narrowing. “He’s still trying to prove Evelyn is Audrey.”

“What should we do? Astrid and Ethan know Audrey too well. They’ll see Evelyn is actually Audrey!”

“It doesn’t matter, Adrian cut me off. “If Audrey passes this test, no one will ever doubt her again.”

His expression darkened. “However, she has been gone too long, and so has Blake Parker.”

“Are you saying Blake took Audrey?”

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Yes Adrian handed over his gift. “If you can contact Blake, tell him to bring her back immediately. If I can’t find her within ten minutes, I’m calling police.”

He took Emma’s hand and left after brief birthday wishes.

I handed over my duties to security guards and hurried to the second-floor balcony where Blake and I had smoked earlier.

No sign of Blake. As I was leaving, my foot hit something small. I bent down, finding a diamond-encrusted cufflink.

“Mr. Thompson.” Michael rushed over. “Have you seen – His eyes widened at what I was holding. “That’s my boss’s cufflink!*

“Mr. Parker is in trouble. He’d never carelessly lose something this expensive. Something must have happened.”

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