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

of her, suspecting she was after the Lambert family's

But

So much of what Quentin

Carmen's efforts as well.

world got, Grace was determined to

there was no other

paralyzed.

gaze sharpening with resolve. "Alright, let's do it

public statement and admit our wrongdoing. Make

he's already been detained

and we won't

often than not, just wanted to

a scandal, the harder it would hit

better to face it head-on by being honest,

toward helping

like this.

already on shaky ground. With that plot of land

they were cash-strapped as

It wasn't

a few days ago as

what happened with Jodie.

went out and the donation was made, everything

hours, Lambert Group underwent a brutal internal

wiped clean, and a

to key positions.

the very least, it sent a clear message. The new CEO wasn't afraid to

there

take control of everything that followed,

six hours had passed.

her, it felt like six centuries. The only thing keeping her

her iron-fisted response-paired with the

redirected

people were now praising Liam for

sister like her.

ready to tear into them, but honestly? She handled

right."

The official statement wasn't some

the company is reportedly

opinion shift in her

and Sebastian had barely slept over the past six hours, staying

uptick and thread in

to go public first, the person behind the initial leak

fact, people were now starting to wonder if the

everything was the same person who set Liam up in

so

win in the public eye, Grace

meeting.

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

present had risen through

by

and

few hours, she

gone through the company's

upcoming project proposals. Every

them was

profitable, if at

of her hand, she cut