Regret Novel 77

Let go of me.”

Sensing her resistance, Evander pressed his lips into a thin line. He couldn’t stand the way she looked at him–like she was bracing for execution–so he turned her

over.

She found herself pinned against the cold marble countertop, panic flaring in her chest.

“Evander!”

“Be quiet.” His lips seared the nape of her neck, hot and burning.

Her body trembled. The more forceful he became, the more she recoiled, refusing to relent.

Evander grasped her chin, forcing her to face him. “What’s wrong? Jonathan Pembroke can touch you, but I can’t?”

His words cut her to the core.

Smack!

She slapped him with all the strength she could muster.

His handsome face snapped to the side.

The air froze.

her eyes rimmed red and brimming with angry tears. Her voice shook as she choked out, “Evander, why is it that

know you look down on me. You always have. But you could’ve just ignored me, like you used to!

so desperate for me to step aside, you don’t have to force me–I’ll leave when my time

She turned away.

reached out to grab

marched to the bedroom, and slammed the door behind

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her emotions. She

pale smoke curling around his brooding

a fleeting second, he’d actually wanted to explain

started

the hospital? Or was it every time Charlotte’s eyes welled up with

he’d

her, back when he was

bride wasn’t someone he’d chosen. At that point,

night, the moment he saw

Not cunning–just… unexpected.

aside, Charlotte was the only other woman who’d ever made his heart skip a

He hated that feeling.

feel like he was always on the verge of betraying himself, body

he

Charlotte, the more restless he became. So he kept her at arm’s

time with

He didn’t even flinch when the ash from his cigarette burned his

this

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