Regret Came Too Late

"Eve mullion dollars. Please pay up." She held out her hand toward Sloan.

Out of guilt. Sloan didn't dare drag things out and quickly handed over his card.

Grace processed the payment and then glanced at Yancey. The way Sloan had paid so quickly suggested that something had indeed happened betwee

Raising an eyebrow, she said nothing. Some truths were best lett unsaid.

She turned and left to change out of her uniform in the employee's break room.

Suddenly, the door behind her flung open. Yancey stormed inside, his fury barely restrained.

He grabbed her by the throat

"Grace, are you trying to die? You w

went too far this time!"

How was he and Sloan supposed to face each other now after she said that in front of everyone?

Grace stared at his rage-

contorted face and felt a sharp pain shooting through her chest.

The grip on her throat tightened, and she was almost suffocating. Pain spread from her heart to every limb, and her body grew cold... She raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face. ceyla brad jeiked to the side, and his expressson froze in dishebel. His pripen her threat loosened instantly.

He touched his cheek, stunned to several seconds.

The Gar he kurs would neves hit him, bats L, she would rather but het self than see him get hurt, kt alene humiliate ban in trant at everyoncealin.

Der sense of uneasecteptinto him.

fen, drace asked, "Does it hurt?"

Yanoes's confidencetetimet She was taking (1) she was just trying to get his attention!

quace loved has to death. There was no

deep breath. "Let's see

he finally let before she pressed her

choked her aber, she was barely able to hold

no way she

changed out of

Eclipse, just as she stepped outside,

gave her a

stomach, then asked with a sinister look on his

but didn't dare to lash out in there earlier. Now that they wete outside, he docked to ambus What a

her up by her ham. He tezed so forcepolly that

"Grace,

nothing! Compeed to Alice, you're trash. Do you think Hendricks would be delighted if I sent you to his bed? He's been

her birthday. You better watch out niest time, or I'll have a few guys take hams with you and make sure

tears, and Sloan would do anything for her. All she needed to

and chuckled "Don't piss Alice off again.

go of her, scotted, and

her stomach was

woman. She didn't egg him on earlier

Her stomach churned violently,

it,

were

leed unwanted trash.

kan was right about one thing. Even though she had lost her memories, one thing was

emptying the contents of her stomach, she walked to the curb to had a taxi back to

could raise het hand, a sleek, black luxury car colled up in front of her. The window lowered, revealing a

features

There was a distant arogance about him. His dark eyes were cool and indifferent as they reflected

she could even think, her body reacted

It was Elban.

remember, it was her firsttime seeing him in person, yet she was afraid of

have always kept her distance from this