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.

not easy finding friends who actually get me," Selene replied. "Oh, and the Lamberts are already picking

wasn't surprising at all. If anyone would be happy about

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

there. When the police told her the culprits had fled there, it

meant to end him with that stab. Even with the

was flawless- finding any weakness in her would be nearly impossible. The only clue left was her adoptive parents. Was it true, as the Lamberts claimed, that Alice had

a project proposal. It was a partnership for a development project, but the proposal seemed designed

had spent months working tirelessly to secure the deal, but now, sidelined by health issues, he wouldn't

Group hadn't been involved in the project before, as

them in felt like handing them a golden opportunity. The contract heavily favored them, and to top it off, Alice had taken

received the proposal, he looked at it for a second, then asked again, "You sure this

Ms. Alice is now leading the Lambert Group as 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 is like free money. Are

before answering, "I'm a