Regret Came Too Late

Bailey quickly rushed to have Joanne sent to the hospital, and Grace followed right behind, her eyes red-rimmed.

"Find out how that guy even got here. Isn't this supposed to be the female staff break room?" Ethan said.

Bailey glanced at Ethan, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"We're looking into it. Ms. Lambert, you should hurry and take your friend to the hospital."

Grace immediately ran in the direction Joanne was taken to, but as she passed Ethan, he grabbed her hand. She instinctively yanked her wrist out of his grasp. He froze for a few seconds, then silently withdrew his hands.

Grace didn't look at him again, and instead, she quickly ran toward Joanne.

She had just shifted her anger from Jodie to Ethan. She was only human, after all, and she had her limits. If it weren't for Ethan tonight, none of this would have happened.

By the time they arrived at the hospital, the doctors had already taken Joanne to the emergency room. Grace felt a sharp pain in her stomach, and her vision blacked out. Before she could get any more information, she collapsed, sending everyone around her into a panic.

When she woke up, she found herself staring at a white ceiling. Someone was holding her hand. She turned her head to see that it was Yancey.

when he saw she had regained consciousness, his expression lit up.

her throat, and he immediately handed her a glass of water. Even now,

come to check on you? I'm serious, he's completely unreliable. Doesn't he even know how to make a phone

water. After a few moments, she asked, "How's

the next room. She's going to be fine. Thankfully, the bottle just grazed her shoulder. If it had been in her stomach,

had a shady past with some of the female employees. He knew that was the break room for the female staff, so he showed up there again. He didn't expect you to

lowered her gaze as she felt a sharp pain throb in

a lot of injuries, and

she said, "Why don't you go

of something passed through Yancey's eyes, and then he sighed You mean Jodie, right? She's

in high school, she almost crippled a girl. Our family paid a lot of money to settle it, but she still hasn't learned her lesson. After that, Uncle Ethan was afraid she'd

why, in school, she always acted like she was

chest tightened, but she

the hospital room suddenly creaked open, and she saw Joanne standing there, her

I'm so