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!

to death. There was no way she could live without him.

a deep breath. "Let's see how long

he finally let before she pressed

Yancey choked her aber, she was barely able

there was no way she didn'tted

out of

just as she stepped

gave her a

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

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 who stuck around Yancey

her ham. He tezed so forcepolly that it felt

"Grace,

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

told me that you made het angry on her birthday. You better watch out niest time, or I'll have a few guys take hams with you and make sure photos of that

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

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

go of her, scotted, and walked away without holding

and her stomach was testing

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

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

stop it,

eyes were red-rimmed

leed unwanted trash.

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

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

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

had chiseled features so flawlessly sculpted

dark eyes were cool and indifferent as they reflected her disheveled state Even the light

think, her body reacted firstand

It was Elban.

in person, yet she was

didn't le-she must have always kept