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?"

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

made sente quace loved has to death. There was

breath. "Let's see how long you

he finally let

choked her aber, she was barely able to hold

there was no way she didn'tted it. Her

changed out

as she stepped outside, someone

her

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

wiped the core of her mouth, tinding the situation amusing. He had just lost five million dollars in that VIP lounge but didn't dare to lash out in there earlier. Now that they wete outside, he docked to ambus What a loser. It was

yanked her up by her ham. He tezed so forcepolly that it felt like he was about

"Grace,

think Hendricks would be delighted if I sent you

or I'll have a few guys take hams

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

at Grace condescendingly and chuckled "Don't piss

go of her, scotted, and walked away

her stomach was testing in

She didn't egg him on earlier because

pushed herself up. Her stomach

stop it, she

were red-rimmed

leed unwanted trash.

though she had lost her memories, one thing was clear to her now she

emptying the contents of her stomach, she walked to the

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

chiseled features so flawlessly sculpted

unreal. There was a distant arogance about him. His dark eyes were cool and

she could even think, her body reacted firstand took several

It was Elban.

she could remember, it was her firsttime seeing him in person, yet she was afraid of him. Cold sweat broke out

have always kept her