Regret Came Too Late

For a moment, the room fell silent. Then, laughter erupted.

"Damn, Yancey, you really called it."

Yancey hadn't brought Alice tonight. Instead, he had a hostess by his side.

Men had a certain pack mentality-everyone here had invited a hostess. Not having one would have made him look out of place and reduced his credibility.

So, one should never believe a man's claim that he was the only one who restrained himself when all his friends did it. Men would never want to be the odd one out.

When Yancey saw Grace, a flicker of surprise flashed through his eyes before settling into a smug expression.

He frowned deeply as he set down his glass.

"Grace, don't you ever get tired?"

She had already caused a scene here several times in the past, and now she was even dressing up as a staff member. Each time, she just made herself look even more pathetic.

Grace bowed slightly, picked up the most expensive bottle of Romanée-Conti, and flashed a polite smile.

"Who ordered this? Would you like me to open it?"

She had heard their conversation from outside, and her heart ached.

But when she stepped in and saw this group of spoiled, rich young men, she

realized they were nothing but walking money bags.

She could make enough tonight to cover that hundred-thousand-dollar debt. That bottle alone was worth a million dollars.

were strapped for cash, and right now, they were very interested in watching her make

his elbow,

legs are

were Yancey's friends. They had spent years mocking Grace, and

all, having a stunning woman so obsessed

she was just a pathetic mess. "Grace,

those bottles were a million dollars each.

quite the

finish his warning, Grace

won't go back on

for her to make a fool out of herself in her drunken

start drinking. Grace, don't say I didn't warn you. Yancey doesn't like you. Everyone in this

headline after drinking yourself stupid and getting taken home by some random stranger, no one here's going

family's favorite. Grace was nothing

downed the first bottle. She then proceeded with the second

didn't look even tipsy, and it looked like she could down a few more bottles. Three million dollars had gone up in

silent. Afraid that Sloan would be left in an awkward spot, someone tugged

Grace a warning glare. "That's enough. Stop

finished her fourth bottle and smiled. "And

said that, someone immediately sneered, "Come on, drop the act. You came here for Yancey, didn't you? I gotta say, your tactics are getting bolder.

opened the fifth bottle,

her wrist. "That's enough. Do you really want

her fingers and focused

maybe someone

face reddened with fury. He had never been humiliated like that

this unreasonable behavior of yours is exactly why