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!

quace loved has to death. There was no way she could

a deep breath. "Let's see

wanting sustil he finally let before she pressed her

was barely able to hold back

drinking so much, there was no way she didn'tted it. Her stomach

out of

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

her

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

lounge but didn't dare to lash out in there earlier. Now that they wete outside, he docked

so forcepolly that it felt like he was about to rip

"Grace,

Hendricks would be delighted if I sent you to his bed? He's been eyeing

het angry on her birthday. You better watch out niest time, or I'll have

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

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

scotted, and walked away without holding

burning, and her stomach was testing in

didn't egg him on earlier because

herself up. Her stomach

stop it, she

eyes were red-rimmed

leed unwanted trash.

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

the contents of her stomach, she walked to the curb to had a taxi back

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

side had chiseled features so flawlessly sculpted it

dark eyes were cool and indifferent as

could even think, her body reacted firstand took several

It was Elban.

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

le-she must have always kept