Regret Came Too Late

After leaving the hospital, Grace glanced up at the gray, overcast sky, feeling like

her heart was wrapped in the same heavy haze.

She drove straight to Lambert Group, and the senior executives who now followed

her lead hurried out to meet her.

"Ms. Lambert, have you found Mr. Lambert yet?"

Just then, Sebastian pushed the door open.

Grace was surprised to see him. "I thought you were at the hospital with your

family," she said.

Sebastian frowned, and there was a hint of unease in his voice. "After you called

me, I had a bad feeling. What's going on?"

Grace motioned for the others to leave, keeping only Sebastian behind. He had

worked with Quentin for years and had helped Liam without complaint. He was

someone she could trust.

She quickly filled him in on what had happened with Liam, then showed him the

scandal online. It was obvious the person behind it was deliberately dragging

things out, waiting for the right moment to push Liam's scandal to the top of social

media.

Once it hit number one, they would expose everything.

And when that happened, it wouldn't just destroy Liam. The entire company would

become public enemy number one.

At this point, Grace knew there was only one move left.

She looked up and locked eyes with Sebastian. The understanding in his gaze

was immediate.

Sebastian said solemnly, "Ms. Lambert, you have to step up and take the CEO

position. It's the only way to calm the public."

"What had happened crossed a line-not just for the country but for the people. It

didn't matter if Liam had been led astray.

"Wrong was wrong, and mistakes came with consequences.

Grace tugged lightly at the corner of her mouth. The reason she had helped push

Liam into that position in the first place was because Carmen had always been

her, suspecting she was after the Lambert family's

never treated Grace kindly. But when it came to Quentin and

much of

Carmen's efforts as well.

how dark the world got, Grace was

But right now, there was no

paralyzed.

a deep breath, her gaze sharpening with

a public statement and admit our wrongdoing. Make

was manipulated into it, but he's already been detained by the

and

often than not, just wanted to see a stance.

scandal, the harder it would

it head-on by being honest, issuing

and putting some money toward helping the police crack down

like this.

already on shaky ground. With that plot of land

cash-strapped as

made a five-million-dollar donation. It wasn't her money. The

her through Yancey a

what happened with Jodie.

the statement went out and the donation was

hours, Lambert Group underwent a brutal internal

and a wave of

to key positions.

sent a clear message. The new

there

the moment Grace decided to take

six hours had passed.

to her, it felt like six centuries. The only

response-paired with

successfully redirected public

condemning the company, people were now praising Liam

sister like her.

into them, but honestly?

right."

solid. The official statement wasn't some half-assed

though the company is reportedly

opinion shift in her favor, Grace

Sebastian had barely slept over the past six hours, staying

every uptick and thread

decision to go public first, the

people were now starting to wonder if the person

the same person who set Liam up in

netizens weren't so easy to manipulate

win in the public eye, Grace wasted no time calling

meeting.

loyalists had already packed up

present had risen through the ranks under Grace's

by

calm and unreadable.

few hours, she had

gone through the company's

upcoming project proposals. Every

of them was teetering on

profitable, if at

of her hand,