Regret Came Too Late

Ethan's face remainedexpressionless as he maneuvered his wheelchair to leave.

Alice quickly stepped behind him. "Mr. Henderson, let me walk you back."

The words had barely left her muthahepäbe heard a sing

She thought she had misheard for a second. She stood frozen, unable to process what hadju

It wasn't until the sound of Ethan's wheelchair had completely faded into the night that fury gradually overtook her features. Her hands clenched into fists, her chest rising and falling violently"Never in her life ha humiliated liker thin.

Ich actually dared to twat her this way?

He can into her on a quin night, and the two of them just stood before the same palding. Il shumtive felt like fate, shouldn't it?

Damn in This man refused to play by the rules!

rant the door, a ma sulled hen into his arms, kissing her hungrily.

Alice then summed back to her room. But the moment she opeand the does, a man pulled her into

The frustration in her chest eased considerably as she thought about how indifferent he was toward orace yet so passionate with her.

"Yancey, why aren't you asleep yet?"

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"I just thought the moon looked nice."

kissed her again, then carried her back to

a year ago, they had long stopped pretending to avoid what had already happened between them. In

around the western courtyard. It's pretty far from here. Tancey, you should check in on Grace tomorrow. She came to Southbrook our of spite, probably because Yarwy's expression turned impatient, but then he recalled what than

a time when his relationship with Grace was

even saned his

vividly the way she had nearly drowned as she tried to pull him to share, refusing to let even when she was on the verge of death herself.

haury in the Lambert family. Besides, it was Alice who had helped her escape that day. If not, who knew which one of them would have been mafficked incread Alice's fingers traced slow circles on his chest. "Vancey, I don't want to make things ugly with my sister. I know she resents me, thinking I stole everything from her. I get it. And she really does love you Sometim Vanory pulled her into his arms. "I'll go see her

turn, abe lud envied Grace for

felt trips to her when alar

his eyes were filled only with Grace. Of course, she

by kirke, Yancey's leait plifiedtomedian,

nearly the seeded lilin in bathe

Oare completely

care of everything Grace cared

and enjoying the feeling of being cherished, she feltely said. There was, the happies

he made his way to Grace's courpand its stoodoutside beri

to timeam in place the a puppet shame strings had been

feeling from the inchis

be amendekoud with sa unang

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Badelung to him, kissing

knows. It's not like there's