Cold husband burning regret

Regret Novel 203

When Evander lifted Charlotte into the car and softly closed the door behind them, the outside world faded away. All that remained in view was Abigail Sterling throwing a tantrum on the pavement and her aunt standing frozen in shock.

The rest of the onlookers whispered and gossiped about the Sterling family duo, but their words were now just a silent backdrop–Charlotte couldn’t hear any of it

anymore.

Evander gently traced his fingers over her slightly swollen cheek. Instinctively, she flinched away, but as if expecting it, he pulled her firmly into his arms. “Why didn’t you come home?” he asked.

She looked exhausted. “Do I even have a home to go back to?”

“Tranquility Manor is your home,” he said, plucking the cheap hair clip from her hair and tossing it out the window. “Even their pearls are plastic. I have to wonder–just how much money did it take for Abigail to sell her own granddaughter?”

Charlotte clenched her hands tightly in her lap, saying nothing.

Evander caught her chin between his fingers, turning her face to look directly at him. “You’re making it harder and harder for me to stop worrying about you.”

“I never asked you to worry, Mr. Howard.”

He frowned. “If I’m not supposed to worry about you, then who is? Jonathan Pembroke?”

Charlotte tried to pull away from his embrace, but his arms only tightened, holding her close. Even beneath the gaudy, second–rate wedding dress, her beauty was impossible to hide; today’s makeup made her look both innocent and beguiling.

her being handed over to a fool

that

at Tranquility Manor, Evander took her straight to the bathroom.

the bathtub, wrapping her arms around herself, her body trembling. “Don’t touch

After a moment, he averted his gaze.

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Chapter 203

calm down. Even if Evander had saved her, she

couldn’t trust

steel factory was shut down. Her aunt’s family lost millions. When her father learned it was because his daughter had crossed the Howard

each time.

the Sterling home to look for Charlotte, but Evander’s security team sent them packing before

was cremated at the funeral

but Charlotte refused. She buried Rachel beside Xavier in the cemetery,

at the graveside for a while, until he got a call from

him, hesitating,

because she’d lost both her parents? Or had some pang of conscience finally caught up

turned her eyes away.

at her for a long

Charlotte followed behind him.