Cold husband burning regret

Regret Novel 83

Chapter 83

“Oh my god, is this really happening? This drama is wild!”

“Didn’t someone see her staying at Tranquility Manor just a few days ago? How could it not be true?”

“Everyone in neurosurgery knows Mr. Howard went public about dating Director Winthrop. Now Dr. Sterling is pulling this stunt–is she just trying to steal her boyfriend?”

Two nurses strode through the corridor, their voices loud enough for Charlotte to hear them from her hospital room.

No doubt, they were saying it for her benefit.

Charlotte let out a cold, amused huff.

A homewrecker? Really?

Who, exactly, was the homewrecker here?

She didn’t care much for their gossip.

But Hiram was another story.

Hiram sat in a sedan parked in the hospital’s underground garage, his eyes cold and fixed on Tricia as she climbed out of a car a few spaces away. He tucked a wrench up his sleeve, then stepped out after her.

Tricia stopped in front of the elevator, answering a call.

“What did you say? Evander

idea why Mr. Howard would step in. I’m worried if that idiot exposes me, your

his cushy position at the hospital to the fact that his brother–in–law was head of the Revenue Bureau. If this blew up, she

had him throw acid, ruined that bitch’s face for good–Evander

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stopped, suddenly sensing someone

She spun around.

the wrench and

the trash. Mrs. Fontaine’s

her soup, a sudden wave of dread washing over her for reasons she couldn’t

worried

head, dazed. “It’s

phone rang. It was

She answered, “Hiram, you-”

This time, I can’t do

other end–Tricia’s voice, terrified. “Charlotte!

kill me! I’m going to die, Evander won’t let your

meant. Her

anything stupid!

happened to you–she’s the one behind it all. She’s the

panic. Tied up, she thrashed her

He knew everything.

herself upright, stumbling toward the door, her voice tre. ling. “I know, I know all of it, Hiram. But you can’t do

over to steady her. “You shouldn’t