Cold husband burning regret

Regret Novel 172

Evander watched her calmly, but there was a flicker of something more. complicated in his eyes.

Tricia realized she’d let her emotions get the better of her. She released her grip on his arm and tried to explain herself. “That’s not what I meant, Evander. I’m just worried-”

“What exactly are you worried about, here in the Howard family?” he cut in, frowning.

Tricia faltered, unable to meet his gaze.

Linette glanced at Tricia with a look that seemed to see right through her. “Miss Winthrop, it’s already generous of the Howard family to let your child stay here for a while. Did you really expect the lady of the house and the young master to help you raise your son?”

After a pause, she added pointedly, “He’s not a Howard, after all.”

The words struck Tricia like a blow, draining all color from her face.

Linette then took Hans’s hand. The boy shrank back, clearly nervous, but when Evander placed a reassuring palm on his head, Hans relaxed and let Linette lead him away.

After they’d left, Tricia drew a shaky breath and forced a smile. “Evander, thank you for looking after Hans.”

Evander adjusted his suit jacket and gave the briefest nod.

For three whole days, Charlotte didn’t see Evander at all. It was obvious he was spending time with that mother and son.

That morning, she had a minor surgery scheduled and arrived at the hospital by seven, stopping at the nurses‘ station to check a patient’s CT scans.

deliberately crossed her path and spoke with a hint of provocation. “Hans is staying with Evander at the Howard estate now,

her coolly. “You could move

I still

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froze. She

her files, heading

As she scrubbed the blood from

making it before she emptied her stomach into the toilet,

surgical assistant, hearing the noise, stopped outside the

flushed the toilet, her stomach roiling. “I’m fine,” she

The assistant took one look at her pale face and asked, “You don’t look well. Are you

hand to her stomach and frowning. She did have a

her diet.

through her mind–a possibility that made a cold sweat break out

She’d taken her pills

what if, by some

white, her fingers curling tight. With the

hospital’s east entrance and bought a pregnancy test. As she left, passing through the parking lot, she caught sight