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!

There was no

breath. "Let's see how long you can keep this

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

her aber, she was barely able to hold back the

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

out of

just as she stepped outside, someone grabbed her

gave her

then asked with a sinister look on his

wiped the core of her mouth, tinding the situation amusing. He had just lost five million dollars in that VIP lounge but didn't dare to lash out in there

her up by her ham. He tezed so forcepolly that it

"Grace,

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

on her birthday. You better watch out niest time, or I'll have a few guys take hams with you and make sure

few tears, and Sloan would do anything for her. All

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

scotted, and walked away without holding

burning, and her stomach was

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

up. Her stomach churned violently, and before

stop it,

eyes were

leed unwanted trash.

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

contents of her stomach, she walked to

car colled up in front of her.

features so flawlessly sculpted

and indifferent as they reflected her

she could even think, her body

It was Elban.

him in person, yet she was afraid of him. Cold sweat broke out along her

kept