Regret Came Too Late

Grace had never really thought about investigating the cause of her amnesia before.

She raised her hand and rubbed her forehead just as another message from Yancey arrived.

"I'll keep digging into it. Don't worry. Just be careful when you go out. I have a feeling someone's been following you."

Grace immediately got out of bed and rummaged through her closet for the few certifications she had brought with her.

Each of them required significant skill to earn. Her past self clearly couldn't have been a nobody.

It seemed she really did need to start looking into that so-called accident.

The next morning, just as she arrived at Henderson Group, she ran into Levi.

He had been showing up more and more often lately, and his usual smile carried that familiar edge of hidden malice.

He followed Grace to the break room and said, "I heard Uncle Ethan took you out for some street food the other day. Is he still at home recovering?"

Grace kept her guard up. She didn't want him targeting Ed.

"Yeah."

"It seems he trusts you quite a lot, then. If you added something extra to his food, he'd still eat it, wouldn't he?"

Grace frowned. What was this man planning?

Levi pulled out a small white bottle and pressed it into her hand.

"If someone takes what's inside this bottle over a prolonged period, their mental state will slowly collapse. They'll become irritable and aggressive, eventually descending into madness or dying from heart failure."

He

hand. "Mr. Levi, do you take me for

again? I wouldn't even make it past Mr. Henderson Senior. I probably wouldn't even know

second, Levi grabbed her throat

clearly didn't play by the rules, and he

and even that useless

shoved the bottle

as she clutched

no way she would do it—not

Ethan and get

family as cutthroat as the Hendersons, would someone like Ethan, raised

room only to find

he may have been dressed to the nines, appearing prim and

different from that

you. Even if

deep sarcasm in his

really couldn't stand people

to continue and simply said, "Give me your

at her desk, Grace

and Levi sent her a

you don't want your sweet little boyfriend to get hurt, go find my uncle tonight and put

that, she stood up abruptly and called

messages in a row, but there was still no

felt her heart sink, and she

end was laced with smugness. "Grace, have you thought it

She hated being