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?"

the living room, his

up. "Yancey, you've come at the right time. I need to tell you something. I don't know who Hendricks pissed off, but they left him

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

back her tears. She shook her

swirling in his mind. Too much

have someone investigate it. I'll visit him at the hospital soon. Don't worry too much about it. He has made countless enemies in Druville

had grown increasingly reckless over time, and getting

Yancey's mind. Perhaps Hendricks' obsession with Grace was his own

agreeing to let Grace go to Hendricks, Yancey knew that if Hendricks ever touched her, he'd make sure the consequences

years, and somewhere along the way, it had become a given in his heart that Grace was meant to be his and someone who

his eyes, his fist

by the sudden cold and intense air

feeling

What's going on

going upstairs to rest. I won't be

he had his own place outside, he couldn't go back tonight and face Alice. She was most likely waiting for him

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

"Mm."

vel

that heavily favored sons over daughters, and this mindset had unconsciously influenced her as well. As a result, she couldn't treat Jodie the same way

maintain the appearance of a warm, loving

heading upstairs, he saw Jodie descending

lit up, and she excitedly called out,

to chat

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