Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
Everyone else was merely background.
Despite maintaining her composure, Audrey felt a sharp twist in her heart. She recognized the intensity of Cornell’s focus on Katie. It was the kind of undivided attention she had once known herself. It became clear Cornell had truly fallen for Katie.
Cap?tulo 901:
After Cornell lifted Katie, Katie’s assistant, not familiar with Audrey, asked Cornell, “Mr. Clement, what should we do with this person?”
Cornell’s eyes, deep and inscrutable, flickered with a hint of ferocity that sent a chill through Audrey. “Take her to the hospital with us,” he stated, his voice as cold as his expression, completely devoid of empathy.
Audrey instinctively resisted going with Cornell and stood her ground, firmly stating, “I won’t go with you. I’ll wait until the officers arrive. They will investigate what really happened.”
Cornell gave Audrey a cold look and his lips curved slightly as he commanded, “Take her!”
Uncertain of his intentions and feeling uneasy, Audrey was forcefully pulled into the car by Katie’s assistant.
Just then, the factory owner, who hadn’t seen Audrey for a while, arrived. Seeing Audrey was forced into the car, she rushed over and grabbed onto Audrey’s sleeve. “What are you doing? Why are you taking her away? Don’t you have any respect for the rule of law?” she demanded.
Katie’s assistant ignored her protests, choosing to roll up the car window without a second glance.
As the car window was closing, Audrey quickly slipped her phone into the factory owner’s hand, whispering, “Don’t worry. Let my brother handle the factory’s affairs.”
Stunned, the factory owner stood still, not following the car.
From his position in the lead car, Cornell glanced back through the rearview mirror and coldly ordered, “Search that woman.”
Soon, they arrived at the hospital. Katie was immediately rushed into the emergency room for treatment.
Cornell watched the door of the operating room intently, his expression filled with concern. Meanwhile, Audrey leaned against the wall outside the operating room, her body feeble and her legs barely holding her up. She was exhausted and could only rest against the wall for support.
Suddenly, the door swung open, and a nurse stepped out with a grave expression. “Sir, the situation is critical right now. If we keep protecting the baby, it might put the mother’s life at risk. We need to know what you decide.”
Cornell’s face lost its color, and after a moment of hesitation, he replied. “Do your best to save her. Whatever it takes.”
“Alright. We need your signature for these documents,” the nurse said before returning to the operating room.
As the door closed, Audrey’s eyes met Cornell’s. The raw worry in his gaze was unmistakable. A bitter taste rose in Audrey’s throat.
She couldn’t bear to watch their connection for another moment.
“Can I leave now Mr. Clement?” Audrey asked, her voice distant and detached.
Cornell’s face was stoic as he responded in a low tone, “No, you can’t.”
A spark of anger ignited within Audrey, and she retorted, “I can assure you I didn’t push Katie. I’ve got nothing to do with her fall.”
Cornell gave Audrey a brief glance but remained silent, offering no response.
Audrey held back the rest of her words. She had wanted to explain that Katie had set her up, but she knew it was futile.
Cornell’s heart and attention were fully committed to Katie inside the operating room. Any explanation she offered would likely fall on deaf ears and might even provoke him further.
Audrey pressed her lips together, swallowing the bitterness.
“I don’t care if you will believe me. I can go to the police station myself to explain the situation. I’ll prove my innocence.”
“Come with me,” Cornell said coldly, sparing Audrey another brief glance before heading into the nearby VIP lounge.
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Audrey hesitated, not wanting to follow, but two bodyguards blocked her path, giving her no option. With reluctance, she stepped into the lounge where she found Cornell by the window, lighting a cigarette.
As smoke curled around him, Cornell’s striking profile was accentuated.
Audrey was caught off guard. He seldom smoked, especially not around her, knowing her dislike for secondhand smoke.
Fortunately, Cornell extinguished the cigarette shortly after Audrey entered and gestured for her to sit.
Audrey’s legs were aching, and she was grateful for the chance to sit down. Despite the relief, her expression remained cool and detached as she began, “Mr. Clement, I have obligations to attend to, and you have no right to detain me. If you genuinely believe I pushed…”
She hesitated, struggling with the next words, but managed to continue, “Your fianc?e. Then, you should hand me over to the police, rather than unlawfully restricting my freedom.”
Cornell met her statement with an icy stare. “How can you be so certain you’ll emerge unscathed if you go to the police?” he questioned.
Audrey smirked in response. “That’s none of your business. The truth will prevail, and justice will be served.”
“Naive,” Cornell retorted, his expression growing darker, which sent a chill through Audrey.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Cornell’s faint voice permitted entry with a simple, “Come in.”
Cornell’s assistant stepped inside, holding a phone in his hands. He respectfully extended it toward Cornell, saying, “Mr. Clement, please check this.”
Cornell took the phone with an air of nonchalance. Audrey’s eyes widened in shock as she recognized the device as her own white phone.
Her astonishment deepened when Cornell, without a word, pressed the phone to her face and played a recording.
The voices from Audrey’s earlier conversation with Katie filled the room.
“Are you going to step aside?”
“Audrey, why can’t you just vanish? You’re a constant affront to me, a repulsive reminder of everything I despise!”
“Let go! Leave me alone!”
The recording stopped abruptly after a terrified scream echoed, leaving a tense silence in its wake.
Before the incident, as soon as Audrey saw Katie, suspicion crept in, prompting her to record their conversation. She had no malicious intent. She merely wished to avoid being unjustly victimized further.
Earlier, when Cornell forced Audrey into the car, Audrey had handed her phone to the factory owner, asking the latter to contact Erick.
Yet now, her phone was in Cornell’s possession, revealing that he had discovered it.
Audrey’s complexion paled as she reached out to snatch her phone back.
“Give it back.”
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Cornell simply raised his arm, keeping the device just out of her grasp. His voice was low and deliberate. “Are you trying to use this recording to prove your innocence?”
Audrey responded icily, “Don’t tell me you couldn’t see that it was your fianc?e who tried to frame me and ended up trapping herself instead.”
Cornell gazed down at Audrey; his tone icy. “Setting aside that this recording doesn’t capture everything, it still doesn’t prove your innocence.”
He then lowered his arm and, with a sharp snap, threw Audrey’s white phone into a container filled with liquid. It hissed as it made contact.
“See?” His voice carried a cold, menacing edge, a mocking undertone suggesting the futility of her efforts. “Now it’s completely useless.”
Audrey stiffened and reached for the phone swiftly.
“Slap!” The sound was sharp. Audrey’s hand was forcefully slapped away by Cornell, leaving the back of her hand red and stinging.
Audrey barely registered the pain before shock took over upon seeing her high-quality white titanium phone, now corroded by the liquid, its surface peeling off.
It was clear that this was no ordinary water, but a chemical solution potent enough to dissolve objects.
Had Audrey’s hand been submerged, her fingers would surely have suffered the same fate, a thought that sent a shiver through her and caused her fingers to tremble slightly.
The phone, reduced to nothing more than a steel frame, took on an eerie appearance.
Stunned, Audrey took a long while to process the scene before she finally blurted out, “Who gave you the right to destroy my phone?”
Cornell’s response came cold and indifferent, hinting at danger beyond the damage to her phone. “Even with an intact phone, do you think you’d leave the police station unscathed?”
“Do you think the Glyn family and the Clement family will just let you go?” Cornell added.
The Glyn family’s disdain for Audrey was clear, and with Alexis always eager to cause trouble for Cornell, this incident would be no exception. As Cornell’s ex-wife, Audrey’s involvement would only escalate matters further. The last thing Cornell needed was a tangled affair with Audrey.
Audrey’s anger quickly cooled down as the gravity of the situation became apparent. Cornell’s words were a veiled threat. If something happened to Katie’s child, she would be blamed, and vengeance from both the Glyn and Clement families would be swift.
Looking into the eyes of the man she had once loved deeply; Audrey felt a piercing sadness. Her earlier certainty wavered. She now questioned whether Katie’s child was indeed not Cornell’s. Cornell’s actions suggested a deeper connection than he admitted.
With a heavy heart, Audrey found the strength to confront Cornell.
“Is the child Katie is carrying yours?”
The silence that followed was telling.
Cornell paused, his expression unreadable, and when he noticed Audrey’s teary eyes, he held back his words.