Regret Came Too Late

The villa was engulfed in flames, with thick smoke rolling through the air. In the distance, the sound of fire trucks could already be heard.

Carmen also collapsed onto the ground, unable to believe what she was seeing. Then, she grabbed Liam by the shoulders. "What? What did you say?"

Liam's face was covered in ash, his eyes devoid of any spark. "Dad's still inside. The fire started in his room. We couldn't save him..."

Hearing this, Carmen also lunged toward the house, but when she reached the front door, the flames lashed out and scorched her arms. Tears streamed from her eyes because of the smoke, but she still fought her way into the blaze.

Grace ran over and quickly yanked her from the flames.

"Let me go! Let me go! Quentin!" Carmen thrashed wildly, her sharp nails leaving scratches all over Grace's arms.

Grave had no choice but to knock her out cold.

Carmen fell to the ground, limp. Grace then dragged her away toward Liam.

Liam was still crying, looking totally unlike the pampered young heir he was.

"Grace..." Liam kept sobbing.

Standing beside him and seeing him sniveling again, she couldn't help but give him another slap. "Look at how pathetic you are now. What's there to cry about? Think! Who set this fire? Now that Dad's gone, you have to run Lambert Group now."

Liam's face was blackened with soot, but there were two clean streaks where the tears had washed away the dirt. He wiped his face and clung tightly to Grace's leg. "Grace, please. Don't leave me."

Grace's temples throbbed. She refrained from kicking this useless mess away. She dialed 911 for an ambulance for Carmen and then came back to talk to the firefighters.

scorched, making her look like she had been dragged

frame while everything else

arrived. They needed to

dazed and drained. She quickly told the officers, "I'll leave it to you. Please call me

began combing through the

him up. In just one night, their family was torn apart. Liam was only

a deep breath. "I'm taking you to my place. Clean up and have some sleep. The police will look into the fire, but you've got a real fight ahead. Some of Dad's shares

all he did was think about how to sponge off others. Quentin had wanted him to learn business, but

should sell our

to a halt, and

carefully. Dad built this company from nothing. He poured his heart and soul into it and never once. bothered us with it. The company isn't at the point where it needs to be sold. I'll pave the way for you. It'll give you some

of them were covered in ash, so all he could see was a pair of dark

her expression calm. "Don't let me see you

and even his

sent Liam to shower and tossed him one of her pajamas. Then, she

about to leave, Liam wanted to follow, but the doorbell

person had always been on the quieter side. He barely spoke to anyone

was around 30 years old. He had already prepared

of our family's properties before I come back.