Regret Novel 10

Charlotte pressed her lips together. If she remembered correctly, Evander knew her relationship with the Sterling family had always been strained.

She vividly recalled one particular year when Grandma Rosemary celebrated her birthday. Both of her parents attended, and her father drank far too much. He ended up saying things he shouldn’t have.

She could still remember the look on the Howards‘ faces that night.

Trying to diffuse the situation, Charlotte stepped forward to calm her father, only for him to shove her aside.

She fell, shattering a wine glass, and slivers of glass sliced open her palm.

At the time, she hadn’t blamed her father. He was drunk, after all–maybe it was just an accident.

But what she couldn’t forgive was Evander, standing there watching, cold

and detached.

Back then, he hadn’t offered her a single word of comfort.

And now…

Now he cared to ask?

Charlotte’s gaze grew distant. “Is there even a point in asking?”

He gave a short, derisive laugh. “Pathetic.”

Charlotte’s fingers clenched tight, her face draining of color.

“You’re Mrs. Howard, and you let someone hit you? What else would you

call it?”

glass in

almost sounded like the admonition of a real

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that, as his wife, she shouldn’t have to

what did he

she felt–he was the

rose slowly and stopped in front of her. “I’m back. Did you want to talk

mind went momentarily

he home early tonight because of that phone

her chest, she was silent for several seconds. “Hiram is being held at the police station. I’d like you to help find him

cared about his reputation and wouldn’t stick his neck out for something like this. So she didn’t ask him to pull strings, just to get Hiram a lawyer–a more

didn’t think that was asking too

her. “You’re asking

quickly added, “If you help me this one last time,

eyes darkened

about to reply when, just

his screen

It was Tricia.

answered right in

the one

feeling well. He keeps asking for you. I

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do… Could you

“I’ll be right there.”

He hung up.

Seeing him about to leave, she blurted out,

“We’ll talk another day.”

backward glance, Evander walked

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