Regret Novel 62

Chapter 62

She tossed off her words with a careless air, not bothering to see how Evander reacted. Without looking back, she strode straight into the elevator.

When she reached the ground floor, Charlotte went to the reception desk and used their landline to call in a tip.

She’d originally planned to wait until she left to report it.

But she was done waiting.

Two days later, the rumors about Charlotte being the “other woman” fell apart the moment the police arrived to take Director Fontaine away for questioning.

Inside her consultation room, Charlotte was explaining the details of an upcoming brain tumor surgery to a patient and their family, reminding them to prepare for the operation scheduled for the next morning.

As soon as they left, Mrs. Fontaine burst in.

Nurse Vera tried to stop her, nearly in tears as she shouted from the hallway, “Mrs. Fontaine, this is a hospital! If you keep this up, we’ll have to call security!”

“Get out of my way!”

Mrs. Fontaine shoved past her and marched right up to Charlotte, her voice rising in a furious screech. “You bitch! Was it you who got my husband arrested?”

Charlotte only smiled, cool and unruffled. “What does that have to do with me?”

“Don’t play dumb! I know you did this!”

to lash out, two security guards

to Charlotte, her voice laced with reproach. “Dr. Sterling, wasn’t

believe Charlotte

short, cynical laugh. “Funny, when you were all slandering me,

you don’t want to admit what happened

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Fontaine

slander is a criminal offense. Maybe think carefully before you

her throat. She forced a stiff

me. Director Fontaine was reported for taking bribes. The authorities have already started their investigation.

Bribery.

face went pale in an

husband had done–she was a beneficiary herself. “You… you’re lying. My husband… he would never do something

more she protested, the weaker her

bit her lip,

about Director Fontaine’s

how to distance yourself. When bribery gets exposed, everyone

fists,

longer. At this point, even her husband’s job was hanging by a

She hurried after Tricia.

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