NovelEnglishChapter 358
A sob escaped before | could stop it.
William went silent, turning toward the sound. “You, you...”
| wiped my face, trying to smile. “William, it’s me. I'm back.”
| couldn’t hold back anymore. | rushed to him, throwing my arms around his frail body.
“William, it’s Audrey!” My voice broke. “I'm here. | heard everything.”
Tears ran down my face. “I'm so sorry. | shouldn't have stayed away so long. | thought you might forgetas
tpassed, but | never imagined - ”
| never thought he nearly died because of me.
| never dreamed his dying wish would be seeingmarry Blake again.
What have | done to deserve such care from an old man with no blood relation to me?
Blake's POV
| could hear her crying through the half-open door.
“Mr. Parker, you really have a knack,” Charles said quietly, glancing at my wheelchair. “If you hadn’t announced
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtyour wedding to Rachel, Mrs. Sinclair would never have returned to see your grandfather.”
| watched her through the doorway, her tears falling onto my grandfather's hands.
Charles sighed. “Even with her new identity, she still cares for you. Why else rush back from Australia when she
heard about your marriage? She must still have feelings for you.”
“Her return has nothing to do with me,” | said, frowning.
She wouldn't be here if this wedding wasn’t for Grandfather. If his life wasn’t slipping away, she'd never have
cback.
| could see her face clearly the shock as my grandfather failed to recognize her, the pain that followed.
Maybe | mattered to the old Audrey. But to this new person she’s become, I'm less than nothing.
My chest feels like it’s being cut with a dull blade. Slow. Deep. Relentless.
| found myself staring at the woman who was once mine.
Audrey's POV
“William... I'm too late,” | whispered, clutching him.
William patted my back gently. “Young lady, does your family have the sillness as me?”
| pulled back, staring at him in shock. “Willam, you...”
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Chapter 358
“I don’t know you,” he said softly, reaching to wipe my tears, “but | can tell you must love your family very much.
You've cto the wrong room, though. You've mistakenfor someone else.”
His eyes held nothing but polite kindness. Not a flicker of recognition.
| stared at him, my mind blank. “William, what are you talking about?”
“I really don’t know you,” he repeated.
A weak smile crossed his thin face as he looked atlike | was a total stranger. “You have the wrong room.”
“My granddaughter isn’t nearly this attentive. She barely has tfor an old man these days.”
My breath caught in my throat.
I'd run through so many scenarios of this moment in my head. Him crying. Him yelling atfor disappearing.
Even him ordering
But not this. Never this. Him not knowingat all.
| gripped his arm, my voice breaking. “How can you not know me?”
“I'm Audrey! | was married to Blake! We spent so many afternoons together. You should remember me!”
William's face darkened at the mention of my name.
He slapped the bed. “That's ridiculous!”
“I know exactly what Audrey looks like. I'd recognize her anywhere.”
“You're not her.”
My tears fell faster. “But | am.”
Ever since waking up, I'd done everything possible to escape being Audrey Sinclair. New name. New family. New
country.
Yet here | was, desperate for just one person to seefor who | really was. The one person who had shown me
genuine love.
I cback for him, and he had almost died because of me.
We were family in every way that mattered. How had it cto this?
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