Cold Husband Burning Regret: The Divorce He Couldn't Handle novel Chapter 386

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.

But all he had said was, “Don’t trouble yourself with things like this in the future.”

After that, she had indeed never tried to give him anything again.

Evander felt a tightness in his chest. “I didn’t know that scarf was…”

“It was me. Maybe my sewing was clumsy and it turned out ugly, so 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 either.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

“It’s all in the past.” Charlotte patted his shoulder and smiled. “Mr. Howard, we should head back. If you stay out too long, I’ll have a hard time explaining it.”

Evander pressed his lips together, silent.

When they returned to the hotel, they came upon Jacques Howard berating the bodyguards in the hallway. “I told you to keep an eye on him. Now you don’t even know where he is! Did I hire you so you could stand around and do nothing?”

The bodyguards kept their heads down, taking the brunt of his anger.

It wasn’t until Jacques saw the two of them return that his expression softened—if only slightly. His gaze slid past Charlotte to land on Evander. “Why didn’t you say anything before you left?”

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