Regret Novel 4

Charlotte froze, disbelief etched across her face. “You think I was targeting her?”

So that’s why he came to see her–because of Tricia?–

“She’s your superior, Charlotte. No matter what happened, you shouldn’t have embarrassed her in front of everyone.” Evander’s words were crisp and official, as if she were nothing more than a colleague. There wasn’t a trace of warmth between husband and wife.

Charlotte forced herself to swallow the ache rising in her chest. Then, with a hollow laugh, she countered, “Did you forget that I’m the lead surgeon? Don’t I have the right to make that decision?”

Evander’s lips curled into a faint, sardonic smile. “And did you forget that I have the authority to replace the lead surgeon?”

It felt as if someone had taken a sledgehammer to her heart, leaving it trembling and bruised.

What a pity.

She’d already filed her transfer request.

Whether he replaced her or not no longer mattered.

“You don’t need to-”

“If Mr. Howard wants to replace me, then so be it.”

She cut him off flatly.

at her. In the past, she only ever called him “Mr. Howard” for show, in front of others.

you just call

tone perfectly calm. She

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the question back at him, “Isn’t that what

But just then, a nurse rushed over, breathless. “Dr. Sterling! There’s a problem–the patient’s

was already gone,

Tricia, Charlotte

he ever been that concerned for

a patient’s family member; the reason was unclear. By the time Charlotte arrived, she could

crowd, just in time to see Evander stepping protectively in front of Tricia. He caught the patient’s relative’s hand as it was about to strike Tricia, shielding her as Tricia shrank into his arms, her face the

family member, clearly intimidated by Evander’s presence, stammered,

reason you have

Tricia, voice tight with anger. “My son just came out of

stand to look at

she doing being

true…” Tricia shook her head, eyes reddening as she turned to ander. “I just had something bad

“Let me take care of

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