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!

to death. There was no way she could live

took a deep breath. "Let's see how long you

the wall, wanting sustil he finally let before she pressed her hand to

aber, she was barely able to

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

changed out

Velvet Eclipse, just as she stepped

gave her a

stomach, then asked with a sinister

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 who stuck around Yancey

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

"Grace,

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

or I'll have a few guys take hams with you

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

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

of her, scotted, and walked away without holding

burning, and her stomach was testing in

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

herself up. Her stomach churned violently, and before

it, she

were red-rimmed

leed unwanted trash.

thing. Even though she had lost her

she walked to the curb to

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

features so flawlessly sculpted it

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

could even think, her body reacted firstand took

It was Elban.

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

le-she must have always kept her distance from this