Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO novel Chapter 373

Chapter 373

Audrey’s POV

Thalia stood with her shoulders back, a triumphant smirk already playing on her lips. “You still have nothing to say? Just admit it.

You are Audrey Sinclair!”

I studied her for a moment, then smiled. ‘Since you all want me to admit it so badly, I said, “I’ll go ahead and admit it.”

I walked toward the Sinclair family. “I am indeed your daughter.”

The room went silent.

Richard and Elaine froze, caught off guard by my straightforward admission. They exchanged a confused glance, their rehearsed reactions faltering.

Victoria recovered first, grabbing my arm. “Audrey! You finally admitted it!” She turned to her parents. “Dad, Mom, she admitted it!”

The reporters immediately started firing questions:

“So everything the Sinclairs posted online was true?”

“You faked terminal cancer and disappeared from New York?”

“You only came back because of Blake and Rachel’s wedding?”

Victoria tightened her grip on my arm. “My sister’s overwhelmed right now,” she told the cameras, dabbing at dry eyes. “We’re finally together again.”

I pulled away from her and stepped back.

“I said I’m their daughter,” I clarified. “I never said I was Audrey Sinclair.”

Confusion spread through the crowd.

Elaine’s face twisted. “What? That makes no sense! You just said you’re our daughter!”

“My parents only have one daughter,” Victoria added. “If you’re their daughter, you’re Audrey. Who else would you be?”

I met her gaze. “I’m Evelyn Knox.”

I walked to their projection setup and inserted my USB drive. The screen displayed an adoption agreement from twenty-five years ago with Jeffrey and Eleanor Parker’s signatures alongside a hospital administrator’s.

“Twenty-five years ago, an Australian couple lost their son in New York,” I explained. “After searching for three years, they only found his body.”

“These heartbroken parents decided to adopt a child to help heal their grief. The girl they adopted was one of identical twins.”

“This baby had a congenital heart condition,” I said. “Her biological parents drugged her with sleeping pills and abandoned her in a hospital dumpster.”

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I turned toward Richard and Elaine. “These parents never imagined that their unwanted daughter would be found and given a better life.

Thalia stood up, clearly annoyed. “What’s this got to do with anything? I asked if you’re Audrey, and you’re telling us some random adoption story?”

She waved dismissively at the screen. “Jeffrey Parker, Eleanor Parker… who are they? Never heard of them.”

Rachel tugged Thalia’s sleeve. “Those are the heads of Australia’s largest financial empire. You really shouldn’t talk about them like

that.”

Adrian moved beside me as I continued.

“This baby – me was found and placed in foster care before being adopted by the Parkers,” I explained. “My heart condition required surgery but was eventually corrected. I grew up loved, never knowing about my biological parents or my twin.”

I advanced to the final slide. “My twin sister, the healthy baby they kept, was Audrey Sinclair.”

Elaine went pale. “How is this possible?”

She turned to Richard, panic in her voice. “You told me she was dead!”

The slip sent shockwaves through the room as cameras captured her horrified expression.

Rachel stepped forward. “You’re saying you’re the baby they abandoned? You’re Audrey’s twin?”

A female reporter pushed to the front. “That explains everything! That’s why you look identical! The DNA test shows kinship because they’re her biological parents – just not how they claimed!”

She studied my face. “Mrs. Knox and Audrey Sinclair are definitely not the same person. The confidence Mrs. Knox shows is nothing like Audrey’s.”

She looked toward the Sinclairs with contempt. “Parents who’d abandon a sick baby probably weren’t kind to their other daughter either. If Audrey had grown up in Mrs. Knox’s environment, maybe she wouldn’t have died so young.”

“You’re right,” I agreed. “If Audrey had received the love I did, she wouldn’t have given everything for a man’s empty promise.”

My eyes found Blake in his wheelchair near the entrance. Something passed between us in that brief moment.

“She wouldn’t have wasted away loving someone who never loved her back,” I said softly. “She wouldn’t have died filled with regret.”

Blake looked away, and I refocused on the present.

Victoria rushed forward to shield her parents. “How is Audrey’s life my parents’ fault? You don’t know anything!”

Her voice rose. “Audrey and I were switched at birth! My biological parents took her to their village! They raised her, not my parents!”

“So your adoptive parents never had any part in raising Audrey?” I asked.

“Exactly! Everything that happened to her was her fault! She had no class, just schemes and manipulation. Even after she found my parents five years ago, they never liked her!”

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Victoria was practically shouting now. “The gifts they gave her were just free samples from my purchases! They never treated her like a daughter!”

“Whatever happened to your twin sister had nothing to do with my parents!”

I had to laugh. Victoria’s self-righteous expression was priceless. “Got it. Thanks for clearing that up.”

I walked over and took the microphone from her hand.

*Everyone hear that?” I asked the room. “The Sinclairs never treated Audrey as their daughter. Never raised her. According to Victoria, they actually looked down on her, maybe even disliked her.”

I hit the projector button.

The screen lit up with this morning’s viral video – Richard, Elaine, and Victoria crying for the cameras:

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