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.

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Der sense of uneasecteptinto him.

fen, drace asked, "Does it hurt?"

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quace loved has to death. There was

see how long

finally let before she pressed her hand to her

aber, she was barely able to hold back the

was no way she

changed out of

and lett Velvet Eclipse, just as

gave her a

in het stomach, then asked with a sinister look on his

didn't dare to lash out in

her and yanked 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

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

for her. All she needed to do was say the word, and

down at Grace condescendingly and chuckled "Don't piss Alice

scotted, and walked away

and her stomach was testing

didn't egg him on earlier because doing that would one make things

Her stomach churned violently, and before

it, she

were red-rimmed

leed unwanted trash.

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

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

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

had chiseled features so

His dark eyes were cool and indifferent as they reflected her disheveled

pale. Before she could even think, her body reacted firstand took several

It was Elban.

him in person, yet she was afraid of him. Cold sweat broke

have always kept