Cold husband burning regret

Regret Novel 88

Evander had slipped out at some point, and by the time Charlotte snapped back to reality, the apartment was cold and empty.

His words “You’re not worthy,” “You don’t deserve it“-echoed in her mind, each syllable jabbing at her heart. No matter how battered it already was, it still hurt.

He claimed he didn’t care about her title as Mrs. Howard, about who she really was. But if he truly didn’t care, why did he treat her like this?

Charlotte leaned against the wall, slowly sliding down until she was crouched on the floor. For the first time, she felt utterly powerless.

Two days later, news broke to the Sterling couple that their son was under arrest for kidnapping, and might be facing jail time. They were stunned, unable to believe it until they saw Hiram at the police station and confirmed it themselves–he really had threatened and kidnapped someone.

And that someone was the woman rumored to be Evander’s mistress.

Charlotte had just reached the hospital that morning when she spotted her parents–Xavier and Rachel–waiting for her outside.

“Charlotte!”

Xavier strode over and, before she could react, slapped her hard across the face.

unable to

furious husband back. “What are you

composed herself,

in jail for kidnapping that woman because of

luck,

off–something she’d never done before. Xavier fell silent for

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something that made her freeze for

“Your father’s just upset–he doesn’t mean

they were hiding something

her hand. “Lottie, Hiram is your brother, and he went too far this time. I never

sentence of ten

ends up in prison, that’s one

could do about the kidnapping itself. What worried her most

bars could be decided with