Cold husband burning regret

Chapter 334

“No.”

Evander handed her the fishing rod. “Let me show you.”

“I don’t need your help.” Charlotte took the rod, her eyes on Wesley as he fiddled with the bait, quietly copying his every move.

But patience was not her strong suit. After nearly twenty minutes of waiting with no action on the bobber, she was ready to give up.

Evander glanced at his watch. “Already running out of patience?”

“Not all of us have as much free time as you, Mr. Howard.”

“Am I really the only one here with nothing to do?” Evander’s gaze slid over to Wesley. “Surely Mr. Rayburn has more time on his hands than I do.”

Wesley unscrewed the cap off his water bottle. “I don’t have a job. Do you really want to compare schedules with me, Mr. Howard?”

Evander watched the gentle ripples on the lake. “So you’re not planning to take over the family business, Mr. Rayburn? Are you grooming Miss Rayburn for the role instead?”

Charlotte perked up, listening in.

Wesley paused, bottle in hand. “You’re awfully interested in our family matters, aren’t you?”

Evander smiled faintly. “Just curious. No one’s seen the Rayburn heiress in decades, and now everyone’s supposed to believe she’s real just because of a trinket and a DNA test?”

Wesley heard the implication in his words and fell silent.

Charlotte’s bobber finally twitched.

lit up. “I

a medium–sized silver

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hook as

“Is this what they call beginner’s

fishing pros like these around, anyone else would have

looked at her. “You really

“Shame. This

couldn’t help the slight smile tugging at his lips. He watched her, eyes never

his gaze

split

Charlotte looked uncannily like his mother had in her

slanted lower, the group made their way

woods by the lake.

she’d planned to give him still burning a hole in her pocket. She hadn’t

Evander rolled down his window.

gaze, sliding calmly into the

her in the rearview mirror. “Back

“Yes,” Charlotte replied,

Evander could say a word, Natalie

reached the hotel, Charlotte got out quickly, almost as if she was afraid

turned to the man in the back