Regret Came Too Late

Grace took a deep breath. "Mr. Yule, are you interested in meeting Yasmine? I can give you her phone number directly."

Simon lowered his gaze, his impatience with her palpable.

"I don't have Ethan's patience. One more word, and you can get the hell out."

Grace felt a surge of anger, but she really didn't have the power to challenge Simon.

When she got downstairs, she felt a knot of unease in her stomach.

She took several steps back when she bumped into someone coming the other way.

It was Jodie, whose voice immediately turned shrill as she yelled, "Grace!"

Since the whipping incident, Grace had been trying to avoid this woman. She hadn't expected to run into her today.

She lowered her head and tried to walk past, but Jodie blocked her way.

"Grace, looks like you're all healed up. So you're back to your old tricks, huh?

What are you doing here? Don't tell me you followed my brother again? Just because my uncle doesn't want you, you've set your sights on my brother now?"

nothing more than to pull out a whip and beat

What would Yancey be doing at

fight, so she tried to leave, but Jodie swung

hard slap

in time, and now there was a huge hand mark

pleased with herself. "What did I tell you? Stay away from

her face burn from the slap. She

back,

then, she saw Yancey and ran to

Look what she

were papers everywhere, and Grace bent down

"I've told you,

"So what? Uncle Ethan

Enough. Uncle Ethan won't like

stuck her tongue out, even stepping hard on a paper

Yancey yelled, "Jodie Henderson!"

like a shot, sticking her tongue out

to wipe off the dirt, but the mark was still obvious. He looked at Grace and said,

expression was as cool as a cucumber. She knew exactly how much Ethan doted

she had all the papers gathered, she stood

too. "Grace, let's