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."

confused by his reply. She stared at the screen, completely puzzled. Ethan was impossible to read. Was

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

study, resting his head

to tell that Grace was

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

The next morning, she was immediately led to her new workstation by Tim upon arriving on the top floor of the office

special location, but anyone heading into Ethan's office would have

couldn't stop thinking about

to work for the next two days

he wasn't coming, the tension she had been holding onto finally eased, and

...

the city, Yancey sat in a dimly

He had a feeling that Grace wasn't bluffing this time and that she

The realization irritated him.

he reached for another drink, a hand pressed down on his

drinking a lot tonight. Is something

more attention to Grace than before. She wasn't as weak and useless as he had once

and she used to treat him well

are you?" Alice asked, her tone light but

well. In his relationship with Grace, he had always been the one in control. There

games, any trace of hesitation he felt would harden into

immediately straightened up. "She

So, Grace had managed to get under Yancey's skin. That wouldn't do. She needed

get under my skin

in his eyes. As he had expected, Grace was

helped him out of the

been infatuated with her for a

heir to the Sidler family, he had status. She wanted every man in this

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