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

deep breath. "Let's see

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

choked her aber, she was barely able to hold back

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

out

Velvet Eclipse, just as she stepped outside,

gave her a

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

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

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

"Grace,

would be delighted if

or I'll have

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

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

scotted, and

was burning, and her stomach was testing in

a woman. She didn't egg him on earlier

she pushed herself up. Her stomach churned

it,

eyes were

leed unwanted trash.

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

to the curb to had a taxi

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

had chiseled features so flawlessly

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

facetumed pale. Before she could even think,

It was Elban.

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

le-she must have always kept her