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!

sente quace loved has to death. There was no way she could live without

took a deep breath. "Let's see

the wall, wanting sustil he finally let before

Yancey choked her aber, she was barely able to

there was no way

changed out

as she stepped outside,

her a

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

amusing. He had just lost five million dollars in that VIP lounge but didn't dare to lash out in there earlier. Now that

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

"Grace,

would be delighted if I sent you

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

do anything for her. All she needed to

and chuckled "Don't

let go of her, scotted, and

was burning, and her stomach

a woman. She didn't egg him on earlier because doing that would

she pushed herself up. Her stomach churned violently, and before

it,

were

leed unwanted trash.

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

emptying the contents of her stomach, she walked to the

raise het hand, a sleek, black luxury car colled up in

had chiseled features so

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

she could even think, her body

It was Elban.

was her firsttime seeing him in person, yet

didn't le-she must have always kept her distance