Regret Novel 174

Chapter 174

Pick her up?

Charlotte frowned in confusion. Had he lost his mind today?

She hesitated to answer, and his voice on the phone dropped, low and insistent. “You don’t want to?”

There was no point arguing with him.

“I’m at the Market Street intersection.”

Evander grunted in acknowledgment and hung up.

Charlotte waited by the bus stop at the corner of Market Street for only a few minutes before that familiar car glided to a stop along the curb, beside the manicured hedges.

She got in, buckled her seatbelt without a word. Evander’s gaze lingered on her, unreadable as ever. “Are you feeling okay?”

Her hands paused for a beat, but her expression didn’t change. “I’m fine. I already took my medicine.”

Evander frowned but said nothing.

Suddenly remembering what was ahead, Charlotte turned to him. “Should I change clothes?”

Tonight’s event was bound to be a little formal.

Evander pinched the

She didn’t ask again.

most renowned

legendary “Elysian Hall.” The minimum rental for this

space was built like a palace, all marble columns and gilded balustrades, breathtaking in its opulence. No wonder this place

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socialites and dignitaries approached to greet him–local officials, medical association board

them

that Dr. Sterling from neurosurgery?

nod and smiled. “Mr. Howard gave

then took a glass of wine from a passing waiter,

professor for a bit and was about to raise her glass for a toast when Evander, face

best she doesn’t drink.”

exchanged surprised

seconds before regaining her composure and reaching for her glass. “There’s nothing wrong with

ignored her, handing the glass to a server and ordering a cup

water instead.

along, smiling. “Dr. Sterling, if

calm, impassive

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