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!

death. There was no way

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

against the wall, wanting sustil he finally let before

aber, she was

drinking so much, there was no way she

changed out of

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

gave her

then asked with a sinister look on his

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

and yanked her up by her ham. He tezed so forcepolly that it felt

"Grace,

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

time, or I'll

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

chuckled "Don't piss Alice off

her, scotted, and walked away

her stomach

there to hit a woman. She didn't egg him on earlier because doing that would one make things worse

Her stomach churned violently,

it,

eyes were red-rimmed and

leed unwanted trash.

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

walked to the curb to had a

sleek, black luxury car colled

man side had chiseled features so flawlessly

a distant arogance about him. His dark eyes were cool and indifferent as they reflected her disheveled state

Before she could even think, her body reacted firstand took

It was Elban.

seeing him in person, yet

didn't le-she must have always kept