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!

to death. There was no

deep breath. "Let's see how long you can keep this

he finally let before she pressed her hand to her

she was barely able to hold back

no way she didn'tted it. Her stomach

out of

quickly and lett Velvet Eclipse, just as she

gave her a

then asked with a sinister look on his tice, "Feeline proud

lounge but didn't dare to lash out in there earlier. Now

yanked her up by her ham. He tezed so forcepolly that

"Grace,

you're trash. Do you think Hendricks would be delighted if I sent you to his

better watch out niest time, or I'll have a few guys take

a few tears, and Sloan would do anything for her. All she needed to do was say the word, and

condescendingly and chuckled "Don't piss

scotted, and walked away without holding

and her stomach was testing

egg him on earlier because

Her stomach churned violently,

it,

were red-rimmed and

leed unwanted trash.

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

stomach, she walked to

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

features

was a distant arogance about him. His dark eyes were cool and indifferent as they reflected her disheveled state Even the light seed to

Before she could even think,

It was Elban.

her firsttime seeing him in person, yet she was afraid of him. Cold sweat

must have always kept