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!

There was no

"Let's see how long you can

wanting sustil he finally

she was barely

was no way she didn'tted it. Her stomach was

out

as she stepped outside, someone grabbed

gave her

sinister look on his

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 earlier.

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

"Grace,

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

angry on her birthday. You better watch out niest time, or I'll

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

down at Grace condescendingly and chuckled "Don't piss

let go of her, scotted, and walked away without

scalp was burning, and her stomach

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

Her stomach churned violently, and before

stop it,

eyes were red-rimmed

leed unwanted trash.

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

emptying the contents of her stomach, she walked to the curb to had a

black luxury car colled up in front of her. The window

man side had chiseled features so

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

she could even think, her body reacted firstand took several

It was Elban.

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

kept her distance from this man