Regret Novel 234

They chatted idly for a few moments before Evander set down his wineglass and stepped out into the hallway, phone in hand to take a call.

“Mr. Howard, your wife… she isn’t at Riverspire Medical Center.”

Standing by the floor–to–ceiling windows, Evander’s chiseled features were half–lost amid the neon city glow, his expression unreadable. “Are you sure?”

“I checked. Riverspire did receive her application, but she withdrew it two weeks ago,” Natalie replied, then hesitated. “The staff assumed she decided to stay with her original employer.”

Evander was silent for a long moment. “Then we’ll search every hospital, one by

one.”

“And if she’s nowhere to be found?”

He pulled out a pack of cigarettes, tapped one free and placed it between his lips. “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.”

After ending the call, Evander thumbed his silver lighter, igniting the cigarette. For a moment, the swirl of smoke blurred the city lights outside. He stared into the distance, lost in thought.

The next day, Charlotte treated her first patient at the new hospital–a case of meningitis. Since medication could no longer control the growing abscess, she quickly scheduled surgery to drain it.

Two hours later, Charlotte stepped out of the operating room to update the patient’s family.

Gentry and Judd happened to be nearby. Gentry grinned and teased, “Looks like this is the first time our department’s had such a young and attractive lead surgeon. And she’s the department head, no less.”

Judd glanced over at Charlotte, offering neither confirmation nor denial.

“You’re not going

never agreed with Gentry’s compliments about

flatly, “Young

Judd turned and walked

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surprised.

message from Noreen on WhatsApp, confirming their weekend plans with a playful

reply when a man’s voice

a tall, striking man leaning

overhearing something in Judd’s office the other day.

not how it

arched a brow. “Are you really that interested in

Professor Carstairs?”

brother to me. Just thought I’d ask.” After a few seconds, he added, “I’m just curious–this marriage you said you wanted out

all wrong. It’s not

said nothing more, and

puzzled, unable to guess what was on

so she planned to head home for a rest. As she stepped out of the elevator, she spotted

the group

clutching her bag tight as she hurried off in the opposite

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