Regret Novel 237

“But Tricia isn’t Mrs. Howard,” Natalie sighed, her tone pleading. “I know you resent him, and now, while he’s lying in surgery, the Howard family doesn’t even know he came to Riverspire City looking for you. Whatever’s happened between you, could you go see him–for his grandmother’s sake, if nothing else?”

“Are you finished?” Charlotte took a steady breath, her voice as calm as still water. “Then let me say my piece. First, I’m grateful to his grandmother, and I won’t forget her kindness. But she’s her own person, and Evander is his own man. If I visit him. today because of her, it’ll just open the door for this to happen again and again.”

“You’ll keep using her kindness to manipulate me, but these past six years, I haven’t owed the Howard family a thing. She was good to me, and I appreciate that, but I don’t have to repay her this way.”

“Tell Evander that even if he dies, I won’t go see him. Not even for a second.”

With that, Charlotte hung up.

Listening to the cold dial tone, Natalie turned to look at the man sitting on the bench nearby, his injuries nothing more than a few scrapes.

She’d put the call on speaker, so Evander had heard every word.

Evander closed his eyes, keeping his emotions tightly in check. No one could tell if he was angry or just exhausted.

She wouldn’t even see him if he died?

She really was ruthless.

Natalie tucked her phone away, her face burning with embarrassment. She’d pulled out every ounce of dramatic flair she possessed.

She’d done her best.

family and a man of obvious authority, had rushed to the ER as soon as he’d heard what happened. His rolled–up sleeves revealed a minor scrape, but nothing serious. “What happened? How

calmly rolled his sleeve back down. “Just

child darted out into the street. The driver hit the brakes, and the car slid into the curb. Mr.

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what matters.” He paused thoughtfully, then added,

over a couple of

out, simply going along with the suggestion. “Thank you, Chairman Lennox. That sounds

to be

next morning, Charlotte waited for the elevator in

happened to step out at the same time, impeccably dressed in a

the black garbage bag in Charlotte’s hand, and he

to wait for the next elevator?” She

doors opened, Judd stepped in

paused at the threshold, unsure whether

brush up against me,” he said

only stare at

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