Cold husband burning regret

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.

the topic of divorce. “I thought I might get you something new. Jewelry? A purse?

if, by not mentioning it,

snapped. “I don’t

what do you

want my father to be

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at her,

away. “Evander, let’s not talk about Hiram for now. Just

walking out of the conference

she could

“Dr. Sterling.”

of someone calling her name. At

sure no one was watching, Vera slipped Charlotte a folded

didn’t open the note right away. She clenched it in her hand until she reached her office, then finally read the

surgery, Charlotte met with her team again to review every detail

into her scrubs outside the operating room, Charlotte noticed a new assistant. Even with her mask on, the nerves were obvious in her

time in surgery?” Charlotte

for an instant, then nodded. “… Yes, it’s my

has

nodded gratefully and hurried

instruments were set out by the resident

over to the operating table and used a marker to outline the tumor’s location on Mrs.