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.

behind nothing but charred wreckage. The hem of Grace's pants was scorched, making her look like she had been dragged out of an ash pit. In the ruins, one couldn't even tell where Quentin's bed

shoved aside a metal frame while everything else snapped and creaked as

They needed to investigate the

told the officers, "I'll leave it to you. Please

then began combing through

apart. Liam

will look into the fire, but you've got a real fight ahead. Some of Dad's shares were transferred to me, and I haven't had the chance to return them. I'll draw up a transfer agreement. So, from now on, you're the

had wanted him

we should sell our

car slammed to a halt, and Grace grabbed him by the

me 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

tone. Both of them were covered in ash, so all he could see was a pair of dark eyes on her face. He

calm. "Don't let

and even his sobs had

him one of her pajamas. Then, she went to shower as well and dried

to follow, but the

always been on the quieter side. He barely spoke to

Sebastian Fenwick, and he was around 30 years old. He had already prepared the

Sebastian. "List out all of our family's properties before I come back. Please include their market value as well. Also, sell whatever