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."

for

"Okay."

was

she still couldn't bring herself to ask directly. But

his study, resting his head on one hand as he stared at his

wasn't hard to tell that Grace was anxious, even through

documents in front of him for a while. When his phone buzzed again, he glanced

to her new workstation by Tim upon arriving on the top

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

on work, she couldn't stop thinking about how she would handle

work for the next

been holding onto finally

...

the city, Yancey sat in a dimly lit bar, drunkenly

without consulting him, and she wasn't taking his calls. He had

The realization irritated him.

another drink, a hand

a

ever since that incident in Southbrook, he had been paying far more attention to Grace than before. She wasn't as weak and

woman, and she used to treat

not drinking because of my sister, are you?" Alice asked, her tone light but probing. "She messaged me earlier. She

the one in control. There was no

one of Grace's games,

enough, Yancey immediately straightened up. "She really

Yancey's skin. That wouldn't do. She needed to get him back

just trying to get under my skin since she knows I've been

there was a flicker of smugness in his eyes. As he had expected,

the bar and into

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

She wanted every man in this circle

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