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 bridge of his nose.

She didn’t ask again.

o’clock, they arrived at Celestia Towers, the most renowned

rental for this banquet space was close to ninety thousand dollars a night–and even if you had the money, booking it was

the grand hall, Charlotte was stunned. The space was built like a palace, all marble columns and gilded balustrades, breathtaking in its opulence. No wonder this

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soon as Evander walked in, a steady stream of socialites and dignitaries approached to greet him–local officials, medical association board members,

them

“Isn’t that Dr. Sterling from neurosurgery? Here with

and smiled. “Mr. Howard gave me a

at her, then took a glass of wine from

to raise her glass for a toast when Evander, face dark, abruptly took her wine

best she doesn’t drink.”

exchanged

at him, stunned for several seconds before regaining her composure and reaching for her glass. “There’s nothing wrong with me–I

her, handing the glass to a server and

water instead.

on and played along, smiling. “Dr. Sterling,

Evander’s calm, impassive face, utterly

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