Regret Came Too Late

That day, Lily had invited Grace for a meal and intended to lock Grace up with Hendricks, but Grace escaped.

When the bodyguard reported the license plate number back then, Yancey thought it was impossible. Ethan hated Grace, so how could he have helped her escape?

But the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was off—especially when Grace willingly stepped into the same elevator as Ethan.

Yancey couldn't get an answer from Grace, but he didn't dare to ask Ethan either.

In the end, he had no choice but to look for Sloan.

Sloan was Julian's cousin, and Julian happened to be a close friend of Ethan's. It was possible that Julian had mentioned something to Sloan. "Sloan, has your cousin ever said anything about whether Ethan has liked a woman in the past two years?"

Ethan had not contacted anyone during the two years he was abroad, but Julian had definitely gone to see him.

By the time men in their social class reached Ethan's age, they had usually played around with countless women. Yet there had never been any rumors about Ethan.

Sloan squinted. He was still sulking about the fact that Alice was getting married. When he heard the question, he answered half-heartedly, "Ethan? I think he has liked someone for many years."

eyes lit up as he grabbed Sloan's shoulders. "Are you sure? Who told

then

He wasn't willing to admit that Julian didn't really trust him. The only reason he knew was because he had overheard

exact words were, 'Ethan, are you really going to stay pure just for the sake of that woman? It's been so many years, and you're not even going to give anyone else a

could feel his heart pounding. Ethan had been in love with someone for

around him all this time. Could it be that the woman was dead and Ethan couldn't let go? Was that why he refused to be with

like he had uncovered the truth, Yancey's heart started to

could never

mind immediately jumped to the Yule

of Ethan's. Years ago, the Yule family's eldest daughter was kidnapped and killed. Yancey heard that Ethan had

huge uproar back then, but he

felt like a weight on his chest had been lifted. He hurriedly searched for old news reports. Sure enough, there were reports of Ethan visiting the cemetery for a whole week after the

was distant even with his own family. There was no doubt that Ethan only did that because

triumphant feeling when he