Regret Came Too Late

Liam couldn't bring himself to meet Andrea's gaze, nor did he have the courage to look at Grace. He kept his head low, shoulders hunched in defeat.

He was in a state of great anxiety at the moment.

Grace had seen enough of his pathetic state over the years, and it further ignited a tide of anger within her.

"Liam Lambert!" she shouted.

She grasped him by the collar and forced him to lift his head. "Tell me what you want. If you choose Andrea, then I'll wish you both happiness."

His shoulders trembled as he fervently shook his head, his teeth digging into his lower lip with such force she thought he might draw blood.

Andrea wept at his side. "Liam, are you really going to leave me? If that's the case, I'd rather die!"

Without further hesitation, she got up and threw herself against the wall.

She truly meant it-the impact left a smear of blood on the wall, and she nearly collapsed to the ground.

and rushed to her

tears welling up and spilling over. "Liam, I promise I won't be a burden to you. I want to keep this baby. If not, I'll carve two graves

cradled her in his arms and turned pleadingly

the hand he had around Andrea was trembling ever so

ponder where she had gone wrong and what chain of events had brought Liam to where he

walk away, and as she reached the doorway, the gatekeeper commented, "Ms. Lambert, please forgive my intrusion, but Mr. Liam tried to call you many times before. It was you who wouldn't answer, and that's when Andrea came into the picture. You created the opening for this situation to

had failed to protect Liam, leaving him vulnerable to addiction's grip. Then, by shutting him out, she had given Andrea the opening to slither

temples, even the gatekeeper watching couldn't stomach her

Please be more understanding. Given his nature, he's dependent on you and has complete faith i you. He'd even hand you the knife if you wanted

speech. "As the elder sister, you're like a mother figure to him. He's still immaturenet and you're

mouth. She said nothing as she got into

constant assumption was that by leaving Liam in this place to develop and think things

been spent in an environment that was far too comfortable, leaving him utterlynet defenseless against others. Coupled with Quentin's upbringing, it

right. She had left a loophole, and Andrea had taken

and an overwhelming sense of