Cold husband burning regret
Chapter 40
Regret Novel 40
She truly hadn’t expected Evander to be so ruthless.
For Tricia’s sake, he was willing to do anything.
“Charlotte, watch your tone!” Xavier wasn’t siding with his daughter; instead, he scolded her for speaking too harshly, then turned to Evander with a forced smile. “Evander, don’t mind her. She’s just a bit hot–tempered, that’s all.”
Charlotte said nothing, holding Evander’s gaze.
Evander leaned back in his chair, his eyes meeting hers. “Hiram assaulted someone. The Fontaines refuse to settle and are determined to see him behind bars. So what now? Does the Sterling family think that just because they’ve gotten close to the Howard family, they can ignore the law?”
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling flinched, their faces drained of color.
Charlotte clenched her fists. “He seriously injured someone, so yes, the sentence might be justified. But have you even looked into what actually happened?”
Evander frowned.
She pressed on, “I spoke to the lawyer that day and reviewed the case. Hiram didn’t throw the first punch. It was self–defense–he just went too far.”
“I’m not a lawyer.”
Charlotte felt her heart drop, teetering on the edge of breaking down. She braced her hands against the table. “Evander, what do you want from me?”
It was the first time she’d lost control–lost her temper–in front of him.
After six years of playing the perfect wife, she couldn’t keep up the act anymore.
times, but her impression was
Too mild, in fact.
why everyone thought she was easy to push
table, offering no response. Everyone expected him to snap,
But he didn’t.
Chapter 40
the corner of his mouth curled almost imperceptibly. “Either Hiram goes to jail, or you
her
“You know full well-”
just an apology,” Xavier interrupted, trying to reason with her. “Isn’t
Xavier in disbelief, her eyes
are a child’s strongest
all she had
one to
her lip before finally
obedient, always the one she
but marriage always meant someone
swallow her tears. She ran through every funny thing she could remember
her palm and
right through her forced composure and felt a strange pang
crossed
She’d ignored his words,
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