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!

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

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

the wall, wanting sustil he finally let

her aber, she was barely able to hold back

was no way she didn'tted it. Her

changed out of

Velvet Eclipse, just as she stepped

gave her

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

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 no surprise everyone

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

"Grace,

would be delighted if

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

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

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

scotted, and walked away

burning, and her stomach

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

she pushed herself up. Her stomach churned

stop it, she

were red-rimmed

leed unwanted trash.

one thing. Even though she had lost

emptying the contents of her stomach, she walked to the curb

car colled up in front

chiseled features so

cool and indifferent as they reflected her

she could even think, her

It was Elban.

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

kept her distance from