Charlotte stood there without moving, waiting for him to approach. “Why are you out here?”

“I was worried about you,” he replied.

It was only then that she registered his presence. “How did you even

know where I was?”

He didn’t answer, just let his gaze settle on her phone.

She realized immediately—it was the tracker.

“What did you buy?” Evander suddenly took the bag from her. She reacted quickly, snatching it back. “It’s not for you.”

He paused, his eyes landing on a small square box inside the bag. He frowned. “Then who’s it for?”

“My brother,” she replied.

“He still needs you to get him gifts?” ·

Charlotte looked away. “I wanted to, that’s all. Is that a problem?”

Evander gave a brief, almost regretful smile. “I don’t think I’ve ever received a gift from you.”

“You sure about that?”

He furrowed his brow, as if searching his memory.

“Evander, if I’d never given you a gift, how would you know to tell me not to bother next time?”

The first time she ever gave him a present had been their first wedding anniversary, in the dead of winter. She’d sewn a scarf for him by hand.

said was, “Don’t trouble yourself with things like this

that, she had indeed never tried to

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chest. “I didn’t know that scarf

it’s fine if you didn’t like it,” Charlotte said with a self–deprecating smile, as if recounting a life that didn’t quite belong to her. “Honestly, if it were me, I probably wouldn’t have worn it

what

“Mr. Howard, we should head back. If you stay out too long, I’ll have

pressed his lips

upon Jacques Howard berating the bodyguards in the hallway. “I told you to keep an eye on him. Now you don’t

their heads down, taking

his expression softened–if only slightly. His

instinctively tightened her grip on the bag in

some air,” Evander said, stepping in front of her and waving the bodyguards away. “Is that really worth getting so

you’re going! What if something happened? Do you want

thought you and Mother

with me, Jacques snapped, his face stern. “Don’t let it

“Understood.”

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and went back into his

have been in a foul mood and took it

tensión, Evander glanced at her. “Don’t worry. He won’t yell at

Charlotte didn’t reply.

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