Regret Came Too Late

Two days later, Grace could finally move around freely. She'd spent the past week as Ethan's "sleeping pill", barely moving in bed. After a long, hot shower in the morning, she told him she was leaving Palm Bay.

Ethan sat on the couch with the morning paper, his expression unreadable.

She quickly explained, "Regarding Amity Hospital in the suburbs, I was supposed to convince the director to relocate, but my injuries slowed me down. I'll take care of it in the next few days. And, Mr. Henderson, you're not firing me, right?"

His grip on the newspaper tightened before he looked up. A week of good sleep had worked wonders, and he looked much better. "Who said I was firing you?" he asked, his voice flat.

She let out a relieved breath, her face lighting up with a smile. "Thank goodness! I'll head to the hospital right now and get it done."

She'd ignored Maria for a week, and now it was time to face her. Plus, she needed to figure out what had caused the car accident.

As she drove off, she reached for her phone, which had been dead for a while. After quickly charging it, she saw that no one had messaged her-except Selene, who'd asked why she hadn't been home lately.

The message was three days old, so replying felt pointless. Just as Grace was heading to the hospital, her phone buzzed again. "Why are the Lamberts saying you're dead?" Selene asked.

Grace raised an eyebrow and shot back a question mark.

who actually get me," Selene replied. "Oh, and the Lamberts are already picking out your tombstone. Alice is in charge, and she's taking

it wasn't surprising at all. If anyone would be happy about her supposed death, it was Alice.

bank transactions, and sure enough, she found that Alice had transferred a large sum of money

legitimate business would get involved there. When the police told her the

gripped her phone and checked on Sloan, who was still unconscious. Alice wasn't taking any chances-she'd meant to

would be nearly impossible. The only clue left was her adoptive parents. Was it true, as the Lamberts claimed, that Alice had grown

Henderson Group with a project proposal. It was a partnership for a development project, but the proposal

deal, but now, sidelined by health issues, he wouldn't have expected Alice to hand it over to Henderson Group

in the project before, as Quentin had worked hard

with the project about to begin, bringing them in felt like handing them a golden opportunity. The contract heavily favored them, and to top it off, Alice had taken over as project

proposal, he looked at it for a second, then asked

now leading the

wonder if Alice was using this as a wedding gift. He placed the file on Ethan's desk with a grin. "Mr. Henderson, this

answering, "I'm