Regret Came Too Late

Yancey couldn't get his hands on the hotel's surveillance footage, so he had no choice but to head back home.

A lot had been happening at his house lately. For one, his mother, Lily, had been storming off to his grandfather's house to complain about everything, and his grandfather was seriously fed up with it. His father was still dealing with the fallout from his affair and hadn't been home in days.

Yancey slumped in the car, chain-smoking several cigarettes before he finally drove back to the house. When he stepped through the door, he could hear Lily yelling at her sister, Yelena, on the phone.

"Yelena, don't even think about it! Do you really believe that he'll care about you just because you slept with him? He told me he didn't get any pleasure from doing it with you! I don't even want to call you my sister anymore! It's us or nothing from here on out!"

Yelena's side of the conversation was a mystery, but Lily had lost it completely. She swept everything off the coffee table, sending it crashing to the floor.

The recent events had stripped her of any dignity. She used to play the role of the perfect, virtuous wife, but now, it was impossible to keep up the act.

Every time she left the house, people would whisper and point fingers at her, knowing full well that her husband had slept with her sister.

Yet Yelena had no sense of shame. On that very night, she had taken plenty of photos and videos, and now, she was using them to extort money from Andrew.

As for Andrew, Jordan had hurled two cups at him because of the scandal. He couldn't risk letting the photos leak, so whenever Yelena wanted money, he paid up.

However, greed was an endless pit, and Yelena's appetite only grew after easily getting ten million dollars from him.

She couldn't help but thank Grace for coming up with such a brilliant way to rake in a fortune so quickly.

But even that wasn't enough. She was determined to push Lily out of the way. She wanted her place at the top, and she needed to work even harder for it to happen.

With so many photos and videos in her hands, anyone who dared cross her would certainly regret it.

Lily, still fuming over Yelena's betrayal, suddenly caught sight of Yancey. She quickly tried to straighten her disheveled hair.

"Yancey, what are you doing here today?"

took in the chaos of the living room, his brows furrowing

clean up the mess, her eyes reddening as tears welled up. "Yancey, you've come at the right time. I need to tell you something. I don't

we found him. They rushed him to the ICU this morning, and the doctors say that even if

had always enabled Hendricks' behavior, couldn't hold back her tears. She shook her head. "No... Ugh, your grandparents are about

his mind. Too much had happened

hospital soon. Don't worry too much about it. He has

Hendricks no matter what he did. He had grown increasingly reckless over time, and

Yancey's mind. Perhaps Hendricks'

ever touched her, he'd make sure the consequences were

each other for many years, and somewhere along the way, it had become a given in his heart that Grace was meant

his eyes, his fist slowly clenching by

startled by the sudden cold

had been feeling like Yancey

going

I'm going upstairs to rest. I won't be going

go back tonight and face Alice. She was most likely waiting

"Alright, go rest. By the way, Jodie's back. She's on

"Mm."

vel

heavily favored sons over daughters, and this mindset had unconsciously influenced her as

to maintain the appearance of a warm, loving

as Yancey was heading upstairs, he saw

lit up, and she excitedly called

the energy to chat with her.

up the stairs when he heard her say, "Yancey, that