Cold husband burning regret

Chapter 271

When Jonathan found out his mother had gone to the hospital to confront Charlotte, he burst into the hospital room, his voice ringing out so loudly it almost echoed down the hallway.

“Who told you to go see her?” he demanded.

Chrystal stared at him, stunned. “Jonathan, are you seriously yelling at your own mother over that woman?”

Abner, having heard the commotion from outside, hurriedly pushed the door open. “Jonathan, that’s no way to speak to your mother. Calm down.”

Jonathan rubbed his temples, his head throbbing. For a moment, he struggled to compose himself, then shot them a steely look. “Who told you about her? Who put this in your heads?”

Chrystal was taken aback by her son’s reaction-she’d never seen him like this. All she could think was that he’d fallen under that woman’s spell. “Does it matter who told us? I’m telling you now-the Pembroke family will never accept a woman like that! You need to give up this fantasy.”

The room fell silent.

Chrystal caught sight of the bleakness in her son’s face, and for a split second, she hesitated. Had she said something too harsh? Or… was he actually serious about this woman?

“She’ll never set foot in the Pembroke house,” Jonathan said with a bitter, self-mocking smile. “You really think the wife of the Howard family is going to become a Pembroke?”

Chrystal froze.

Abner frowned. “What are you saying?”

“That woman is Evander’s wife? That’s impossible…” Chrystal’s instinct

was to refuse to believe it.

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humorless laugh. “Believe what you want. For all you know, Evander might show up here any

there was a knock at

at her and realized, for the first time, that their son hadn’t

at the hospital, Judd called her into his

the door to

recognized Mrs. Pembroke; the middle-aged man

yesterday. My wife acted rashly and didn’t bother to find out the facts before coming here. We’re

was offering a sincere apology, and she had no reason to hold a grudge. “It’s

spoke up. “Mrs. Pembroke, you still owe her an

to apologize to someone so much younger. But after a tense pause, she

nodded, accepting the apology without a

left, Charlotte turned to Judd. “Thank

with a faint smile. “You’re thanking the wrong person. I wasn’t the one who made

blinked in surprise. If it wasn’t

just about to leave when

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ex-girlfriend-is she that

him in confusion.

a pen between his

shrugged it off and left, quietly closing the

each time, the only one to greet her was the butler.