Regret Novel 160

His gaze flicked up to the antique clock on the wall. “Punctual, aren’t you?”

Charlotte stood there, silent.

Looking at her cool, detached eyes–as if she bore some deep grudge against him–Evander let out a brief laugh.

“Not thrilled about moving back in, are you?”

She felt a bit lost in that moment.

The more she tried to figure out this man’s moods, the less sense he made. She honestly found it a little funny. “It’s not like you were ever that eager to share a roof with me, either.”

Evander’s smile faded. “So you care about the past?”

She didn’t answer, just asked, “I’ve agreed to move back. When are you going to sign the papers?”

He lounged on the sofa, thumb and fingers pressed to his forehead, looking utterly unconcerned. “Depends on my mood.”

Charlotte turned and headed toward the guest room. She was about to close the

door when his shadow blocked it.

Startled, she instinctively stepped back. “Evander, what are you doing?”

“What do you think?” In two easy strides, Evander wrapped his arm around her waist and swept her onto the bed, his lips finding hers.

She was terrified, hands braced against his chest as she tried to turn away. “Evander, no, I don’t want this!”

her eyes, his movements softened,

been drugged and the whole experience left her shaken–he actually seemed to care

difference in strength between them; Charlotte knew there was

into darkness, making her senses acutely

was so gentle he

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fleeting moment, Charlotte thought no woman could resist this tenderness–not even her.

that feverish, all–consuming passion, he made her feel things she’d never felt before, burning away the people they used to be. She hated

her voice was hoarse from

as she drifted in and out of consciousness, too

asleep almost instantly. Evander stood at her bedside

cabinet in the living room,

sat at the

no alcohol or drugs

know why he’d lost control like

hearing that Jonathan had sent her flowers in front of

to lock

Charlotte woke up, Evander was nowhere to be seen. The wildness of last

knew it

thought struck her. Had he

was probably too late to

frown deepened. Still, she doubted Evander would want her to

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