Regret Came Too Late

Damien grew even more suspicious, craning his neck to look into the car. "Who

are you texting? We blow up your phone and you never answer us," he grumbled.

Ethan calmly shoved Damien's head out of the way and rolled the window up

without a word.

Undeterred, Damien knocked on the glass. "I'm supposed to meet a few of the

college leaders. Since you're already here, wanna grab dinner later?"

"I don't have time for that," Ethan said flatly.

Damien felt like he had just been punched in the gut. Then why the hell was he

even here?

He turned to leave. But just then, another car pulled up and parked right in front of

Ethan's.

The window rolled down, and there was Grace, flashing a stunning smile as she

waved over at Ethan. "Mr. Henderson, I just booked a place for lunch. Do you

want to join me?" she called.

Ethan's window lowered again. He let out a soft chuckle. "Yeah."

Damien stood there, frozen. He honestly thought he was hallucinating.

At that moment, Damien's assistant, Oliver Cooke, walked over and leaned in.

"Mr. Jensen, we should head out. Your meeting is about to start."

But Damien, without thinking, yanked open Ethan's car door and slid inside. He

waved Oliver off. "Push the meeting back. Tell them something came up."

Then, he turned to Grace, who was still sitting in her car ahead of them.

"Ms. Lambert, hope you don't mind me joining," Damien said with a sly smile.

Grace didn't mind at all. She had just gotten the jump on Damien by snatching

Jasper out from under him, and if staying friendly kept things from getting messy,

she was more than happy to play nice.

led the way while Ethan's followed behind.

the mood inside the second car had

expression grew darker by the second.

from stealing glances at him, studying him like

to talk unless he had to. He stayed silent

a single

outside the restaurant that Damien

silence.

asked you out and you said you were busy," he said in a deadpan voice.

you, and you're suddenly free? Ethan,

was the stubborn type. Once something didn't sit

wouldn't let it go.

got out of the

to push the wheelchair, and they headed

out his phone to

number.

Julian, you ever notice something weird between Ethan and Grace?"

keeping his

had suspected something before, but it always

seriously believe.

his long legs kicked up, didn't even

earlier, but he loved

how?" Julian said

how

"I asked him for

he said he was

minutes later,

free. Now,

it with my own

eyes."

laughed out loud hearing that. Damien

third-wheel Grace and Ethan.

lazily. "Then you'd better keep a close eye.

off."

worry. I won't let Grace take

he

at his

slowly shaking his

gone

to finally get a

now, it was about to

ruined.

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