Regret Came Too Late

Grace's grip on the gun slowly tightened. She was certain Ethan wasn't in his right mind. "Mr. Henderson, this is for your own good."

Just as she finished speaking, Ethan picked up his pace and lunged at her.

"Pull the trigger, then."

Grace was calm. She aimed at Ethan's arm and pulled the trigger without hesitation. However, the sound that rang out wasn't that of a gunshot. It was an empty click of an empty barrel.

She was stunned for a moment before noticing the bullets in the trash. Ethan had taken all of them out.

Her mouth was agape. In the next second, Ethan wrested the gun from her hands. Then, he pinned her down on the couch beside them while the gun in his hand clattered to the floor a few yards away.

"Ethan Henderson!" It was the first time she had called him by his full name.

A flicker of red flashed through Ethan's eyes as he stared intensely at her face. Then, he cackled. "You really don't care, do you? You know you're shredding my pride to pieces."

Grace didn't think that she was in the wrong. "This is for your own good, Mr. Henderson. You're just not in your right mind because of the drugs."

As she said this, she saw the sheen of sweat glistening on his forehead and quickly added, "If what you need is a woman to give you some relief, I could go and find you one right now-someone you'll be satisfied with. Or maybe you'd like to go to Velvet Eclipse? Someone would gladly take care of you there."

The more Grace spoke, the heavier the air around Ethan became. After some time, he let her go.

Grace scrambled to her feet, wanting to support him, but he shoved her away. He sank into his wheelchair, lost in his own thoughts.

Grace also felt the awkward silence. After all, it was Alice who had done this. If Ethan were to take revenge on the Lambert family...

"Mr. Henderson..."

a

silent and sank onto the

leaned in and whispered something in Ethan's ear. Ethan then gave a soft hum in response and

to take

choice

up the gun from the floor and put it in her bag. She wasn't sure if she was mistaken, but when

stepped out the door, she saw Alice crawling in the corner like a thrashing maggot.

had clearly gone

let

couldn't be bothered to listen to her, so she returned home. When she did, she saw an anxious Carmen waiting

she saw Grace, she jumped up. "What happened

"She's alive."

she immediately

with this time the heir to the Henderson family. He's already been taken for a medical exam. If anything happens to him, our entire family could go down with it.

want his remaining days to be plagued

shoulders slumped. She had clearly

Alice is my daughter-my own flesh and blood. Grace, I'm sorry I've let you down, but every parent in the world has

and stubborn Carmen

went upstairs, she heard Quentin's coughing, and her chest

couldn't bring herself to