Chapter 262

Chapter 262

Noreen’s face turned beet red-she must have thought he’d overheard their conversation. She mumbled an excuse and slipped out as fast as she could.

Judd leaned against the doorway, arms folded across his chest. “How are you feeling?”

“Much better.”

Charlotte studied him, then asked, “I heard you’re the one who brought me to the hospital?”

“Who else would it be?” Judd crossed the room to the window, tugging the curtains open. “Given the state you were in, you really think I’d just send you home?”

Charlotte said nothing.

She couldn’t believe Jonathan would do this to her.

He’d drugged her, knocked her out-what then? Was it just as she feared?

Judd seemed to sense her confusion, his silhouette framed against the city lights. “The doctors told me he bought a sedative-midazolam. Claimed it was for severe insomnia. You know how powerful that stuff is, right? In powder form, it works even faster.”

“I know him,” Charlotte muttered, frowning. “He’s the type who won’t touch so much as a Tylenol for a cold. Why would he go out of his way to get a heavy sedative for insomnia?”

She blinked a few times, feeling the weight of everything settle on her shoulders. “Thank you, Judd. For today.”

“No need to thank me just yet,” he replied, glancing at his watch. “You still owe me dinner.”

hesitated. “How about

a lopsided grin. “We’ll see when I have

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Chapter 262

eight by the time Charlotte

Retreat.

the door to her bedroom and stopped short. Evander was there, sitting on the edge of the sofa by the window, turning a stiff card over

are you doing in my

waiting

away.

in the chair, his expression ice-cold.

of the sedative were still in her system, because she was too exhausted

“Are you sure?”

you want to

she finished, he tossed a

in Judd’s arms, unconscious as

She met Evander’s eyes, drawing a

did I ruin your night with

her chin and forcing her to meet his gaze. “Charlotte, we’re

voice. Tears pricked her eyes as she slapped his hand away.

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