Regret Came Too Late

Grace tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep. Finally, she grabbed her phone and started searching online. "My boss bathed me. Are we still in a purely professional relationship?"

"I passed out from period cramps and woke up to find out that my boss changed my pants and bathed me. What do I do?"

She posted both questions in a forum, but even after hitting send, her body still felt unbearably hot.

The thought of going to work tomorrow and facing Ethan made her nervous.

It didn't take long before replies flooded in.

"Are you sure this is just your boss and not your boyfriend?"

"My boyfriend doesn't even treat me this well. Your boss definitely likes you."

"Forget boyfriends, even my husband isn't this considerate. You don't seem to mind it that much. Why not just be with him?"

"Your relationship is definitely no longer just professional."

Grace quickly replied, "He has absolutely no interest in me."

That comment was immediately met with disbelief.

"How is that possible? You're seriously slow when it comes to relationships. How does he treat others compared to how he treats you?"

"He's cold to others. He's cold to me too."

"Yeah, because bathing you during your period is totally something a cold person would do."

Grace felt speechless. She hesitated for a long time before opening Ethan's contact. She finally sent a message.

Mr. Henderson, are you still awake?"

It took ten minutes before he replied, "No."

you for tonight," she

"Okay."

was impossible to read. Was it really him who changed her clothes and bathed

minutes passed, and she still couldn't bring herself to ask directly. But if she

study, resting

tell that Grace was anxious, even through the

front of him for a while. When his phone buzzed again,

her new workstation by Tim upon arriving on

wasn't in a particularly special location, but anyone heading into Ethan's office would have to

thinking about how she would handle

for the next two days

wasn't coming, the tension she had been

...

sat in a dimly lit

she wasn't taking his calls. He had a feeling that Grace wasn't

The realization irritated him.

drink,

Sloan said you've been drinking a lot tonight.

wasn't sure why, but ever since that incident in Southbrook, he had been paying far more attention to Grace than

beautiful woman, and she used to treat him well

are you?" Alice asked, her tone light but probing.

had always been the one in control. There was no way he

another one of Grace's games, any trace of hesitation he

Yancey immediately straightened up. "She

managed to get under Yancey's skin. That wouldn't do. She needed to get

she's probably just trying to get under my skin

in his eyes.

of the bar and into her

infatuated with her for a long time, and she had never outright rejected him. He was

She wanted every man in this circle to give her all their

eyes locked onto Alice. Men often didn't need words to express themselves.