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!

has to death. There was no way

deep breath. "Let's see how long you

finally let before she pressed

aber, she was barely able to

there was no way

out

lett Velvet Eclipse, just as she stepped outside, someone grabbed her

her

asked with a sinister look on his

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

her ham. He tezed so forcepolly that it felt like he

"Grace,

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

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

anything for her. All she needed to do

Grace condescendingly and chuckled "Don't piss Alice off again. You won't

scotted, and walked away

and her stomach was

She didn't egg him on earlier because doing

pushed herself up. Her stomach churned violently,

it,

eyes were

leed unwanted trash.

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

to the curb to had a taxi back

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

side had chiseled features so flawlessly sculpted

and indifferent as they reflected

could even think, her body reacted firstand

It was Elban.

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

must have always kept