Cold Husband Burning Regret: The Divorce He Couldn't Handle novel Chapter 585

At the same time.

“You want me to apologize to Charlotte?” Miranda’s expression was a little stiff as she looked up at her son, who was eating with unhurried grace.

Evander set down his knife and fork and nodded. “Yes.”

MIRANDA let out a humorless laugh and leaned back in her chair. “I already gave up the development rights to Seabreeze Isle. The Rayburns still aren’t satisfied? Do they have to…”

“My father-in-law isn’t satisfied.”

My father-in-law…

MIRANDA looked at her son, who was so clearly siding with his fiancée, and felt utterly speechless. It was only now that she truly saw it: the son she had raised was a complete fool for love.

She took a deep breath.

Don’t get angry.

This was her son, whom she had gotten back after thinking he was lost forever.

She would just have to chalk it up to fate and her maternal duty to indulge him.

“Fine. I promise. Give me her contact information.”

Seeing Evander hesitate, she added, “Don’t worry. I won’t make things difficult for her. Is that good enough for you?”

…

That evening, just after she left work, Charlotte received a call from a number with a The Capital area code. She paused for a moment before answering.

Unsurprisingly, it was Miranda.

Miranda had asked to meet her at a restaurant. When Charlotte arrived, she found Miranda sitting alone in the vast, empty dining room.

“Even when he was trying his hardest to prove himself to me, I never offered a single word of encouragement. Instead, I poured cold water on his efforts. If I hadn’t gone through all this, I might never have seen myself for who I truly am.”

Charlotte’s lips tightened as she looked directly at Miranda.

It was the first time she had ever seen Miranda open up to her like this. The helplessness and regret of a mother were laid bare before her.

MIRANDA continued, “My agreement to your and Evander’s marriage isn’t because I’m worried about the Rayburn family’s reach extending to The Capital. I’m simply worried about my son. You know the state the Howard family is in now. His Uncle Jensen even tried to poison his grandmother. If the Jensen matriarch hadn’t taken precautions, you might never have seen her again.”

Charlotte froze, shocked. “Grandma was poisoned by Uncle Jensen?”

She had gotten so used to calling him Uncle Jensen that the name slipped out before she could correct herself.

MIRANDA didn’t seem to mind. “That’s right. It was because of Cloudcrest Medical Group. Grandma agreed to merge the company rather than give it to him, and she drew up a will stating that the ownership of Cloudcrest would only transfer upon her death.”

Charlotte clenched her fists. So, Grandma was poisoned because Jensen found out she had signed that contract…