Regret Novel 148

“We should get divorced. I want to set you free.”

Those words echoed in Evander’s mind as he stood there, his expression icy and unreadable.

“Grandmother already agreed,” Charlotte said, pulling her hand from his grasp once more. “She told me she wouldn’t interfere with our divorce.”

The moment she broke free, Evander’s tightly restrained emotions snapped. He swept her back into his arms, backing her up against the glass door in two brisk

strides.

He reached up and slipped the band from her hair, letting the dark, seaweed–like waves tumble down in disarray, strands wrapping around his forearm.

Charlotte’s pupils contracted; she could sense what he’d do next and turned her face away, dodging his kiss.

He paused, then caught her cheek in his palm and forced her to meet his gaze, kissing her fiercely.

She clenched her teeth, refusing to respond, but he simply stole her breath away. When she was on the verge of suffocating, he seized the chance and deepened the

kiss.

The more she struggled, the more relentless he became, until she gave in and surrendered, defeated.

Evander finally broke away, his fingertips tracing the heated flush on her face–a shade made more striking by her breathlessness.

He’d always been good at hiding the sides of himself he didn’t want others to see, but with her, he kept losing control. And this time, he’d gone further than ever.

clear out some things?” he asked, steering away from the topic of divorce. “I thought I might get you something

by not mentioning it, the whole divorce would

“I don’t want

what do

father

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stared at

not talk about Hiram for

left, walking out of the

only grew. She wished she could rip her own lips off and replace them with a new

“Dr. Sterling.”

her name. At the nurse’s station, only Vera

no one was watching, Vera slipped Charlotte a folded note before hurrying

in her hand until she reached her office, then finally read the contents in

Charlotte met with her team again to

she changed into her scrubs outside the operating room, Charlotte noticed a new assistant. Even with her mask

in surgery?” Charlotte

assistant froze for an instant, then nodded.

Everyone has a

The young woman nodded gratefully and hurried off to prepare

resident and Dr. Sinclair,

the operating table and used a marker to

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