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“Then I guess I’ll just have to file for divorce.”

“On what grounds?”

Evander stood in front of her, leaning down so his presence filled the space

between them. “Charlotte, what exactly are you planning to cite? Infidelity? Or that supposed illegitimate child you keep hinting at?”

Charlotte met his gaze, unwavering and calm, her face as unreadable as stone. “If there’s no love left in a marriage, what’s the point in keeping it alive?”

Evander said nothing.

From the corner of her eye, Charlotte caught a shadow flickering past the doorway. She reached out, smoothing the knot of Evander’s tie, her tone feigning lightness. “Could it be that you can’t bear to let me go, Mr. Howard?”

Her lips curled in a smile, but her eyes were cold as glass. “Or maybe, just maybe, you’ve actually fallen for me. Otherwise, why all this relentless persistence?”

Evander’s fingers grazed her cheek, deceptively gentle. Yet in that brief touch, his eyes flashed with something icy. “Charlotte, do you even realize how fake that

smile is?”

He hated seeing that expression on her face.

It was blinding.

She was never supposed to be like this.

Slowly, Charlotte’s smile faded, vanishing entirely as she spoke in a voice meant only for the two of them. “You’re only ever going to get something fake from me.”

No sooner had the words left her lips than she turned her gaze to the door and called out, “Miss Winthrop, why bother eavesdropping? Why not just come in and listen openly?”

Tricia froze in place.

Damn it, caught red–handed!

She pushed the door open, forcing a helpless, wide–eyed look. “Dr. Sterling, I swear I wasn’t trying to listen in. I just heard you were back at the hospital and wanted to congratulate you. But when I saw you and Evander talking, I didn’t want to

interrupt.”

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walking toward Tricia with a faint laugh. “In fact, you’re just in time–we were

front of Tricia, giving her the same cool, appraising look she’d given Evander. “Why

handsome features, turning his expression sharp

you and Miss Winthrop, then why am I being painted as the woman who came between you

paled. She clenched her

rumors. They just wanted to clear my name, so they approached Miss Winthrop. But out of nowhere, her son fell down the stairs, and my father–he died

“I never meant for any of that to happen. I didn’t know about your father’s heart condition. It’s my

it out

Smack!

open palm landed hard across

catching herself on the

to her cheek, staring at Charlotte in

pleasant smile. “Miss Winthrop, you asked

it.”

blinked back tears,

his gaze unreadable. “Feel better now that

her

He’s not defending me?

that what you think, Mr. Howard?” Charlotte laughed suddenly. “What

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instinctively took a step back,

“You

“Evander, 1-”

“I said, leave.”

was harder now, brooking no

shot Charlotte a seething

in a deep breath, his chest rising and falling. When the room was finally quiet, he stepped closer to Charlotte. “I’ll get you the

cool composure. “Well, that’s too bad. Because

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