Regret Came Too Late

When Selene stepped out of the elevator, she happened to run into Grace, who was heading downstairs to take out the trash.

She quickly tugged her collar up and tidied her messy hair.

She had no idea that Grace had already caught a glimpse of her in the private room last time.

Grace also felt a little awkward. She thought to herself, "What lousy timing to be taking out the trash at this exact moment..."

She quickly tried to ease the tension.

"Um, I parked your car in the garage. I'll return your keys in a bit," Grace said.

Selene was usually calm and composed. But right now, she couldn't even pretend to be calm.

She knew all too well about Damien's possessiveness. If he deliberately left marks, they wouldn't fade for a week.

Since she wasn't wearing a high collar tonight, Grace must've seen everything by

now.

She opened her mouth to explain, but when it came to her and Damien's

relationship, it was hard to even put into words.

Grace, however, was tactful enough to step into the elevator first.

"I'll head down and take out the trash. You should hurry up and go get some rest."

Selene breathed a sigh of relief and managed a smile. "Thanks."

Once back in her apartment, she immediately rushed to the bathroom and checked in the mirror.

Sure enough, her neck was covered in marks.

Selene pulled out her phone and saw a message from Vincent. In that instant, she felt completely drained.

If Damien kept this up, her relationship with Vincent was bound to fall apart.

days, she had lost countless connections because of

she thought it was because he had been raised too strictly by the Jensen family and that he had been overly attached to

had always been more mature than her peers. She had

aware that her position was precarious, so

in the Jensen family. Everyone looked at her strangely as if they all knew she was an

to be extra kind to Damien just

liked Damien at first, but over time, she couldn't help but grow

it seemed Damien became increasingly dependent on her. The family also noticed this, and their attitude toward her grew colder. Sensing this, she wisely left the family business

to suddenly spiral like this. Now rumors spread that the siblings were at odds, which actually brought

speculated that Damien had feelings for her. If that were true, it would be disgraceful. After all, they were siblings in name, and

she was brought into the family to be groomed as

her sore neck as she

message from Damien

of the time, he was

had blocked him before, but lately, his behavior had become so erratic that she was afraid blocking him again might trigger something worse, so she unblocked

time, he sent a photo of himself holding his

was explicit, to say the least, but she had to admit the kid had really grown up... and was

she couldn't help but reply, "Damien,

didn't reply for

phone aside, struggling to resist the urge

you home yet?"

could always bounce back

reply, only to hear

the fire and won't put it

teeth. She didn't even know what to say

and felt

was when the doorbell

quickly composed herself and went to open the

was standing outside, there

the still-lit phone screen, where Damien's latest indecent photo was displayed

and her face flushed red. No matter how shameless

handed over the keys, and said,

she quickly turned around and closed

Grace let out