Regret Novel 39

Chapter 39

Charlotte didn’t let herself look tired until she was safely home, the front door shut behind her.

She glanced at her phone–Dean Chase had messaged. He’d reported Director Fontaine’s unauthorized job shuffle that delayed the surgery, but all upper management had done was issue a warning. No real consequences.

She wasn’t surprised. As long as nobody died, these things were always swept under the rug.

She didn’t bother replying. Instead, she pulled a crumpled note from her pocket, stared at it for a long moment, then tore it to shreds and tossed the pieces in the trash.

The next morning, Charlotte was jolted awake by her phone ringing. Eyes half–shut, she fumbled for it on her nightstand and answered without checking the caller ID.

“Miss Sterling, are you awake?”

That voice… She glanced at the screen. Natalie!

“Natalie?”

“Your parents showed up at the company because of Mr. Hiram. Mr. Howard wants you to come in and handle it.”

respond, Natalie had already

to Howard Enterprises? Just like that? Did something happen

have time to wonder. She threw on her clothes, skipped breakfast,

Howard Enterprises, Administration Office.

flipping through paperwork with an air of

Sterling stood before him, all but groveling

just let Hiram go. He cant has ninal

had always hoped that with his son in laws influence, Hiran

Chapter 39

a cushy government job, maybe even make it big one day. That way, the

a record, the government job was out of the

right, Evander. And Hiram is your brother–in–law, after all. Please, don’t hold this

Funny–when it was their own

file and set it aside. “Family?”

The Sterlings froze.

with chilling calm, “Did

into the Howard family, they thought their

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