Regret Came Too Late

The Lambert family and Lily moved fast.

Grace was still recovering at home when she received a call from Joanne. "Grace, are you marrying Hendricks?"

Grace's hand froze as she frowned. "Who told you that?"

Joanne replied, "Hendricks got drunk at Velvet Eclipse today and told everyone you were his future wife. He even said that the Lambert family has acknowledged

it and that your wedding is at the end of the month. Other people were there too. They said that the Lambert family invited them to it."

Grace immediately felt an uneasy feeling in her heart. She pulled out her phone to call Yancey, but he didn't pick up. She had a bad feeling in her heart, so she called Liam instead.

Liam answered with a cheerful tone. "Grace, didn't Hendricks say he was picking you up for your wedding dress fitting? The housekeeper is going to book the venue today."

He added, "You're about to get married, so why aren't you back yet? I saw the dresses this afternoon and thought you already tried them."

So, everyone knew she was getting married-except her.

Grace felt that the situation was completely ridiculous.

She took a deep breath. After she hung up, she still felt a suffocating feeling in her chest. Not a single person had asked her about this. It was as if she had no rights. They just needed to drag her to the venue at the right time.

Anger flooded her mind.

documents that Ethan had given her and meticulously

a joke out of her. She would make

only interacted with Yelena once, but it was obvious how greedy Yelena was. Yelena probably resented Lily for

had Yelena's number. After work, she went to

it meant a windfall for her. In her eyes, Grace

but Yancey had probably already

dollars. That was all she

the ocean

more excited the more she thought about it. She didn't even feel like playing poker anymore and started packing

you going to leave now? You still

"Five thousand dollars? What's the rush? This bracelet is worth a hundred thousand dollars, but I just don't feel like

fact that they knew of Yelena's source

and was still unmarried, which attracted a lot of gossip. She felt humiliated under all those judgmental stares. "Five thousand dollars is nothing to me! Just wait, I'll be back soon to keep playing. Unlike all of you, I

friends in the first place,

You think you're better than us just because you're single? It's just because no man wants you. If you were as capable as

into such a rich family, and you're just a broke, washed-up woman with no real job. You don't even know how my husband described you-fat, ugly, and not even worthy of

looking, but her standards were too high. She turned down

only made her even more bitter. Yelena felt incredibly humiliated, but

being unmarried was enough to get