Cold husband burning regret

Regret Novel 12

Charlotte was still reeling when, out of the blue, Evander texted her: *I can get you a lawyer–but it depends on how you behave.*

She stared at the message, stunned.

Behave?

What was she supposed to do–make way for Tricia and her son without protest?

Charlotte gazed at the words on her screen for a long time before finally typing a single word: *okay*.

Meanwhile, after receiving Charlotte’s reply, Evander turned to Natalie and instructed her to look into why Hiram had been detained.

Natalie nodded and left, and not long after, Mrs. Howard–Miranda Sutherland–stormed in, swinging her designer handbag like a weapon. “Evander, don’t tell me you have a secret child!”

He loosened his tie, looking perfectly unbothered. “A secret child? What are you talking about?”

“Don’t play dumb with me!” Miranda slapped a photo onto his desk. In it, Evander and Tricia were pictured picking up Hans from kindergarten.

Evander’s expression darkened.

Everyone’s saying you have an illegitimate son. Even Mrs. Whitmore’s grandson

face was thunderous. “This is an affair,

Charlotte, but Charlotte was still the Howard family’s daughter–in–law. Now that

signing documents, only

Miranda

barely glanced up.

forced into marrying Charlotte; if he truly had a child with another woman, he’d have acknowledged it by now. And after all these years, she

sigh, Miranda changed tactics. “You don’t even love Charlotte. Why not just get a divorce? I can introduce

by Rosemary. As a daughter–in–law, her hands were tied. She’d turned a blind eye, expecting her son to eventually agree to a divorce on his

a flicker of impatience in

at him,

don’t want to interfere!” she shot back, rapping her knuckles on the desk. “But Charlotte’s going to find out about this mess

for a while. When he finally spoke,

indifference made Miranda’s blood boil. “Fine! I’m done with this. You clean up your

Evander picked up his

team to

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