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.

she had lost countless connections because of

then, she thought it was because he had been raised too strictly by the Jensen family and that he had been overly attached to her since childhood. She thought he lacked a sense of security and was afraid

always been more mature than her peers. She

was aware that her position was precarious, so she worked diligently, excelling both

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

had to be extra kind to Damien just so the family

Damien at first, but over time, she couldn't help but grow fond of him

family also noticed this, and their attitude toward her grew colder.

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

had long 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 a bride,

as she sat

message from Damien popped

ignored him. Most of the time,

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

a photo

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

furiously, and she couldn't help but reply, "Damien, are

didn't reply for a

aside, struggling to resist the urge to block him again. Soon,

you home yet?"

times she slapped him, he could always bounce back and call

grunt in reply, only to hear his breathing suddenly deepen. "What... What

"What do you think? You started the fire and won't put it out, so

teeth. She didn't even know what to say anymore. She just

immediately and felt

when the

quickly composed herself and

was standing outside, there

on the still-lit phone screen, where

mortified, and her face flushed red. No matter how shameless she

averted her eyes, handed over the keys, and said,

closed her apartment door

room, Grace let