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

kindly. But when it

devotion was undeniable. So much of what Quentin had

Carmen's efforts as well.

dark the world got, Grace was

right now, there was no other way-especially with

paralyzed.

deep breath, her gaze sharpening with resolve. "Alright, let's

admit our wrongdoing. Make

manipulated into it, but he's already

cover for him, and we won't excuse his

wanted to see a stance.

suppress a scandal, the harder it would hit

better to face it head-on by being

putting some money toward helping the police crack

like this.

shaky ground. With that plot

were cash-strapped as it

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

Ethan, passed to her through Yancey a few days ago as hush money

what happened with Jodie.

the donation was made, everything

hours, Lambert Group underwent a

clean, and a wave of younger employees

to key positions.

least, it sent a clear message. The new CEO

wasn't there to

moment Grace decided to take control of everything that followed,

six hours had passed.

felt like six centuries. The only thing

iron-fisted response-paired with

successfully redirected

people were now praising Liam

sister like her.

was ready to tear into them, but honestly?

right."

attitude's been solid. The official statement wasn't

company is reportedly

opinion shift in her favor,

over the past six hours, staying glued

every uptick and thread in

her decision to go public first, the person behind

fact, people were now starting to wonder if the

same person who set Liam

netizens weren't so easy

win in the public eye, Grace wasted no time

meeting.

Edric's loyalists had already packed up and left. Aside from a

everyone present had risen through the

sat by the

calm and unreadable.

hours, she had

gone through the company's

upcoming project proposals. Every

was teetering

profitable, if

her hand, she cut