Regret Came Too Late

Jodie's lips trembled, her gaze blazing like she wanted to tear Grace apart.

Grace's brows knitted as she stared at the crushed flowers on the ground, anger bubbling in her chest.

Jodie's voice was cold and deadly as she spat, "You'd better watch your back!"

Then, she turned on her heel, walked off to pay, and told the staff to send every last magnolia to Palm Bay.

Grace stood frozen, her emotions wiped clean in an instant.

Selene gave her shoulder a quick pat. "Keep an eye out. I don't think she's in her right mind."

Grace let out a dry smile. Not acting right was putting it mildly—she felt like she was hunted by a rabid dog.

She exhaled, gave up on the idea of buying flowers, and just headed home with her groceries.

Jodie, on the other hand, walked into Palm Bay with an armful of magnolias, practically glowing as she handed them to the maid.

"Handle these with care-put them in something nice."

One maid piped up, "The best vase was taken by Mr. Henderson already. He went through a whole bunch before Mr. Bennett brought one in from elsewhere."

Jodie blinked in surprise. Since when did Ethan care so much about magnolias?

When she saw Tim step out, she rushed straight over.

you take these flowers to

without asking, she hadn't dared to

only way in now. He looked at the mountain of magnolias in the hall and

rid of them. The

frowned. "But I asked the maids. They said he's really into them lately. Isn't that your job to know?

the maids. At Palm Bay, they were trained to keep quiet- nothing about

maids looked stricken and quickly turned

Henderson, you should

mood dip instantly. With a wave, she

to figure Ethan out, only to discover he

liked magnolias, it felt like a golden

now, Tim had casually crushed that

Ethan really had kept

it wasn't the magnolias

the bouquet in one swift, violent its shards nearly slicing into

flinched and went to grab a

clean it up. I

stormed out and drove straight to

the door suddenly rattled from

opened it and

her face pale with rage and eyes

bloodshot, and her whole body trembled

voice hoarse as she demanded, "Did you send those magnolias to Uncle Ethan

into the gap. The door crushed down on her