Regret Came Too Late

After leaving, Grace didn't waste a second. She immediately tracked down the house Liam had recently rented.

When she arrived, sure enough, she found Alice.

The house was flooded with sunlight, but Alice looked like a wreck, sitting on the floor with greasy hair as she laughed to herself like she had lost her mind.

Grace walked straight up and kicked her hard, sending her sprawling.

Alice's head slammed against the corner of the table. She winced in pain, gritting her teeth.

"Who the hell-"

When she saw Grace, hatred exploded in her bloodshot eyes.

"Grace!" she screamed, stumbling to her feet and lunging at her.

However, Alice, weakened from weeks of malnutrition, didn't stand a chance against Grace.

One brutal kick from Grace sent her crashing several feet away. Before Alice could even react, Grace stomped down, pinning her face to the floor with her foot.

Alice lay there, helpless and humiliated, her cheek crushed under the weight of a dirty shoe.

Grace pressed down a little harder, her voice cold as ice as she said, "Was it you? Were you the one who led Liam into that mess? Were you the one pulling the strings behind the scenes?"

A twisted smile crept across Alice's face, her eyes brimming with venom.

"Finally blew up in your face, didn't it? Serves you right! Grace, as long as I'm breathing, I'll make sure you never have a moment's peace. You think you owe Dad? Good! I'm gonna make you watch his only son fall to ruin.

"I'll make you watch the whole Lambert Group fall apart. I want you to suffer, and I want to make sure the guilt eats you alive."

knee back and slammed it straight into Alice's

went black from the pain, and she nearly coughed up

of Alice's dazed panic, Grace asked quietly, "Did you

Alice. For the first time, she realized that there

grabbed the nearest chair and smashed it down with full

up on the floor, unable to

her, her voice calm but laced with menace. "Alice, if Liam's identity gets out, I'll hand you over to Jayce. And I

know Jayce personally. But she knew enough

man.

in this disaster, Jayce had to be somewhere in the mix too. They were

to test her, but the moment Grace mentioned Jayce's name, Alice

shrieked, her whole body seizing up in terror. "Don't hand me to him! I swear, it

a hint of emotion on

gritted her teeth. "I swear,

she could finish, there was a noise at the

It was Joanne.

looked just as stunned to see Grace there, almost dropping

said, forcing a little smile "Grace, how... How'd you

caught sight of Alice's

want you to worry. That's why

her eyes locked on Joanne without

set the medical kit down on the coffee table and smiled carefully. She said,

have her old memories, so she wasn't sure what kind of relationship Joanne and Liam had before. But knowing

her temples, trying to steady

quietly, "Five thousand dollars a

scrambled to hide behind Joanne, trembling like a leaf. It was

Grace sneered.