Regret Novel 107

Evander’s words hit her like a bucket of ice water, dousing the last flicker of hope and affection in her chest. She stared at him, disbelief and humiliation warring with a cold, unnatural calmness. Anger seethed beneath the surface, but she held herself together.

So it was true–when your heart hurt the most, sometimes you couldn’t even cry.

Now, she could only find it laughable.

“You blame me for taking her place for six years? Fine. I’ll give it back to her. Problem solved, right?”

Charlotte shrugged off Evander’s hand, ready to leave, but his grip tightened suddenly around her arm. His eyes were dark and chilling. “What did you just say?” “I said I’ll give her place back. I’m giving you the chance to make it up to her.”

She jerked her arm free and strode out the door.

Evander stood frozen, his expression growing stormier by the second, as if something precious was slipping from his grasp, something he could no longer

control.

She thinks she can just leave whenever she wants?

Evander snatched up his phone and dialed.

Charlotte made her way to the hospital.

She lingered outside the room for a long moment, her gaze fixed on the sight of her mother, Rachel, sitting by Hiram’s bedside. Since Hiram had been hospitalized,

had practically moved in, tending

was the kind of motherly love she’d

birth mother

pressed her lips together, swallowed down the tangled

glanced over her shoulder, her face

years of

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don’t you take a break? Let me look after

smile, gently massaging Hiram’s arm to keep the blood circulating. “I’m

down

the way, didn’t you have work today? I stopped by your

In the Sterling family, genuine care for her had always been scarce, most

this time was

“I took some time off. I wanted to be here with you and

eyes. “Lottie, you… you don’t blame me, do you? I know I haven’t

was painfully aware of the Sterling family’s favoritism. Hiram was the only son, the heir, while Charlotte was the daughter she’d adopted after losing her own child–a symbol of hope, but never

no real say, and her husband never sided with her. She

could offer Charlotte.

could just keep Charlotte fed and safe, that would be enough.

never imagined Charlotte would end up married to

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