RedNovelRegret 107 Evander's words hit her like a bucket of ice water, dousing the last flicker of hope and affection in her chest. She stared at him, disbelief and humiliation warring with a cold, unnatural calmness. Anger seethed beneath the surface, but she held herself together.
So it was true-when your heart hurt the most, sometimes you couldn't even cry.
Now, she could only find it laughable.
"You blme for taking her place for six years? Fine. I'll give it back to her. Problem solved, right?" Charlotte shrugged off Evander's hand, ready to leave, but his grip tightened suddenly around her arm. His eyes were dark and chilling. "What did you just say?” “I said I'll give her place back. I'm giving you the chance to make it up to her." She jerked her arm free and strode out the door.
Evander stood frozen, his expression growing stormier by the second, as if something precious was slipping from his grasp, something he could no longer control.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe thinks she can just leave whenever she wants? Evander snatched up his phone and dialed.
Charlotte made her way to the hospital.
She lingered outside the room for a long moment, her gaze fixed on the sight of her mother, Rachel, sitting by Hiram's bedside. Since Hiram had been hospitalized, Rachel had practically moved in, tending to him day and night.
Maybe this was the kind of motherly love she'd always longed for...
Would her birth mother have done the same? Charlotte pressed her lips together, swallowed down the tangled emotions, and turned the doorknob.
Rachel glanced over her shoulder, her face marked by exhaustion and worry. "Lottie?" years of 1/3 07:57 Chapter 107 "Mom, why don't you take a break? Letlook after him for a while." Rachel managed a tired smile, gently massaging Hiram's arm to keep the blood circulating. "I'm fine, sweetheart. It's not like I have anything else to do." Charlotte sat down by the bed.
"Oh, by the way, didn't you have work today? I stopped by your department to bring you breakfast, but you weren't there." A faint warmth flickered in Charlotte's chest-something almost forgotten. In the Sterling family, genuine care for her had always been scarce, most of it extended only because of Hiram.
But this twas different.
She smiled softly. "I took stoff. I wanted to be here with you and Hiram for a while." Rachel looked startled, guilt flashing in her eyes. "Lottie, you... you don't blme, do you? I know I haven't always been there for you." Rachel was painfully aware of the Sterling family's favoritism. Hiram was the only son, the heir, while Charlotte was the daughter she'd adopted after losing her own child-a symbol of hope, but never truly protected.
With so little authority in her husband's house, Rachel had no real say, and her husband never sided with her. She did what she could, but there was so little she could offer Charlotte.
She'd always thought, if she could just keep Charlotte fed and safe, that would be enough. Maybe once Charlotte married and left the Sterling family, she'd finally find happiness.
She never imagined Charlotte would end up married to Evander.
Her husband had been so desperate for the Sterling family to climb thesocial ladder that had schemed and pushed Charlotte into the Howard family, always looking for sway to benefit... Rachel had seen it all. And when it cdown to choosing between her son's future and her adopted daughter's feelings, she had chosen her son.
So if Charlotte blamed her, or resented her, she deserved it.
But Charlotte shook her head. "If you hadn't takenin, I don't knowm where I'd be. Maybe on the streets.. maybe taken by strangers, maybe even dead." 213 07:57 Chapter 107 Her quiet maturity pierced Rachel's heart.
Rachel opened her mouth to speak, but just then, the door swung open.
Three or four security men appeared outside.
One stepped forward. "Ma'am, Mr. Howard sent us to collect Mr. Sterling."
"Why does he want my son?" Rachel's heart thudded in her chest. Was this about Hitam kidnapping Evander's mistress? Was Evander here for revenge? 07.57
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