Regret Came Too Late

Grace held Ed in silence. All he felt was the throbbing ache at the back of his skull, so intense it was nauseating him.

It was a clear sign of his anxiety triggering.

"Ed," she said gently. "Whatever medication you give me, I'll take it. I'm not going to argue about anything else right now. You need to rest. I'll come by to visit you for the next few days to take care of you. You have to sleep for at least three days."

She placed her hands on his shoulders and drew a deep breath. "I still need to finalize some details with our business partners. I'll be back at noon. After that, I won't leave again—I'll stay with you tonight. I'll bring some food when I return, okay?"

Her tone was almost coaxing.

His Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed, then he wrapped his arms around her waist. "Can you not go anywhere at all?"

His voice came out low as he spoke, and she could still feel the residual heat from his body.

She closed her eyes and collapsed back onto the couch. "I'll reschedule my meeting for noon. I'll stay with you until then, drive back for the meeting, and return afterward with food. Then we can sleep some more?"

He let out a muffled hum of agreement as he kept his eyes closed.

It was just seconds before his breathing relaxed beside her.

was fast. Had he not slept at all

going through his mind every

she rose quietly, drove to her meeting, grabbed a quick meal, then stopped by a high-end restaurant to order some

only gone a few blocks when she suddenly encountered

the roadside, making a call, while her slender fingers adjusted

pulled up and honked

glanced over, raised an eyebrow slightly, exchanged a few quick words into her phone, then ended the call and walked towards Grace's car. "Grace,

had briefly mentioned

wasn't held accountable for the case,"

passenger door

no idea how stressed

remained composed, but the dark circles beneath her eyes clearly explained the

"What happened?"

had Grace asked than

to Mr. Henderson's 'considerate' announcement about my potential marriage to Vincent, Damien has been hounding me relentlessly. The mighty CEO of Jensen Group—using all his influence to sabotage my

Jensen family, when she had gone out of her way to alienate herself from nearly all

there absolutely couldn't be any rumors of scandal between him and her, the adopted

enough