Cold Husband Burning Regret: The Divorce He Couldn't Handle novel Chapter 261

“The Howard family pulls all the strings. If you think you can just walk away on your own, you’re dreaming—he’ll find you, no matter what!” Jonathan suddenly grabbed her hand.

Startled, Charlotte tried to pull away, but his grip only tightened. “I can make him let you go. I promise.”

“Jonathan, let go of me. Now.”

Realizing he was getting carried away, Jonathan finally released her. Charlotte rubbed her wrist, uneasy. Something was off about Jonathan tonight, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it. “Whatever’s going on between Evander and me, I can handle it.”

Jonathan’s clenched fist slowly relaxed. He gave a bitter, lopsided smile. “Right. Of course.”

Charlotte finished her tea, but almost immediately, a wave of dizziness swept over her. Her limbs felt heavy, and she struggled to keep her eyes open.

“What’s wrong?” Jonathan’s voice echoed in her ears, but her eyelids grew heavier and heavier. Before she could answer, her head slumped forward onto the table.

He had expected this.

His cracked lips parted, as if to whisper, “I’m sorry…”

He truly wanted to help her.

If it looked like Charlotte had been with him, would Evander still want her?

With that thought, Jonathan slowly got up and walked over to her. He reached out to help Charlotte up, but just then, the door to the private room slammed open. Before he could react, someone rushed in and landed a punch square on his jaw.

Jonathan staggered, collapsing onto the table and sending plates and silverware crashing to the floor.

Wiping blood from his mouth, he looked up and saw Judd standing over him.

“What are you—”

“Jonathan, have you completely lost your mind?” Judd snapped, grabbing him by the collar—his grip rougher than ever before. “Do you even know what you’re doing?”

“Of course I do!” Jonathan shot back, refusing to let go of his conviction. “I’m helping her! If she wants to get away from Evander, this is the only way!”

Judd’s expression turned icy. “Helping her? You’re destroying her!”

“I wasn’t actually going to touch her!”

…

When Charlotte woke, she was in a hospital room.

A sudden memory made her bolt upright. Noreen Lennox, who was sitting beside her, turned and smiled. “You’re awake?”

“What happened to me?”

“Someone drugged you. Professor Carstairs was the one who brought you to the hospital.”

Judd? Charlotte stared at Noreen, surprised. She noticed the complicated look on Noreen’s face and opened her mouth to explain, but Noreen cut her off.

“It’s fine. Really. I know Professor Carstairs would never be interested in someone like me. My silly crush—it’s time I let it go. Even if something really is going on between you two… I’ll be jealous for a few days, but I won’t actually be mad at you.”

Charlotte’s seriousness melted into laughter. “You’re overthinking things.”

Neither of them noticed Judd standing outside the door until he rapped his knuckles against it, interrupting their conversation.