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."

screen, completely puzzled. Ethan was impossible to read. Was it really him who changed her clothes and bathed

couldn't bring herself to ask directly. But if

side of the city, Ethan sat in his study,

hard to tell that Grace

When his phone

to her new workstation by

particularly special location, but anyone heading into

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

for the next

wasn't coming, the tension she had been holding onto finally eased, and she could finally focus on

...

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

taking his calls. He had a feeling

The realization irritated him.

drink, a hand pressed down on his

you've been drinking a lot tonight. Is something bothering

since that incident in Southbrook, he had been paying far more attention to Grace than before.

and she used to treat him

her tone light but

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

this was just another one of Grace's games, any trace

enough, Yancey immediately straightened up. "She really messaged

get under Yancey's skin. That wouldn't

probably just trying to get under my skin since she knows I've been feeling down lately,"

smugness in his eyes. As he had expected, Grace was

helped him out of the bar and

Sloan earlier. Sloan had been infatuated with her for a

as the heir to the Sidler family, he had status. She wanted every man in this circle to give her all

lingered, his eyes locked onto Alice. Men