Cold Husband Burning Regret: The Divorce He Couldn't Handle novel Chapter 552

Seeing Charlotte fall silent, Evander leaned slightly toward her, resting his forehead on his hand. “You know, I can help you.”

She froze, her gaze flickering. “Help with what?”

“Anything.”

Charlotte looked at him, frowning. “There are conditions, aren’t there?”

His eyes danced with a faint smile. “There are. But it’s up to you.”

A few days later, the suspect who had staged Kate’s accident turned himself in and implicated Hulda. Although Hulda knew Quincy was behind everything, she had no way to defend herself, cursing her own foolishness for not securing any evidence to protect herself at the time. Mr. Rayburn had divorce papers delivered to Hulda. Out of consideration for her being Shane’s mother, he gave her a sum of money. But from that day forward, the Rayburn family wanted nothing more to do with her.

After several days of rest, Mr. Rayburn’s health improved. The Lowes came with Tobias to offer their condolences, but they also made sure to bring up the marriage between the two families. Mrs. Lowe was out of options; besides Loretta, what family in Riverspire City would let their daughter marry her son? If she kept being picky, the Lowe family line might just end with him.

Only then did Mr. Rayburn remember Loretta. After some careful thought, he decided to wait until after the memorial service for her mother before making a final decision.

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When Loretta heard about Mr. Rayburn’s stance, the last glimmer of hope she had for her life with the Rayburns was extinguished. She spent her days locked in her room, silent tears soaking her pillowcase as she resigned herself to her arranged fate.

Kane opened the door and saw his daughter’s despondent state. His heart ached for her. He sat down on the edge of her bed and spoke to her in English, his Farranian accent noticeable. “Loretta, do you want to come back to Farrania with me?”

“Grandfather won’t let me go.” Loretta’s eyes were downcast. When her mother was alive, she would have defended her. Now, with her mother gone, there was no one left on her side. After all, she wasn’t a Rayburn.

“Then I’ll go talk to your grandfather. Marriage should be between two people. I don’t want you to marry a man you don’t love.”

Just as Loretta was about to say something, there was a knock on the door.

The housekeeper entered. “Sir, Miss Rayburn is downstairs. She says she’d like to speak with Miss Sterling.”

Loretta looked away. “Let her come up.”

After the housekeeper relayed the message, Charlotte calmly followed her upstairs. When she entered the room, Kane slowly stood up. “I’ll be right next door.”

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