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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

She didn’t ask again.

most renowned and lavish

Suite” was extravagant, but it paled compared to the legendary “Elysian Hall.” The minimum rental for this banquet space was close to ninety thousand dollars a night–and even if

the grand hall, Charlotte was stunned. The space was built like a palace, all marble columns and gilded balustrades, breathtaking

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of socialites and dignitaries approached to greet

of them looked familiar

recognized her. “Isn’t that Dr. Sterling from neurosurgery?

smiled. “Mr. Howard gave me

then took a glass of wine from a passing

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

best she doesn’t drink.”

group exchanged surprised

caught even Charlotte off guard. She stared at him, stunned for several seconds before regaining her composure and reaching for her glass. “There’s nothing wrong with me–I can

to a server and ordering

water instead.

Sterling, if you’re feeling under the weather, you’d

on Evander’s calm,