Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 394

In Ethan's sight, a slim silhouette broke through the sea of white, the crimson flower in her hand burning like a tiny flame.

Grace went into the car, shaking the snow from her hair before pulling the door shut.

She immediately held out the magnolia to him.

Ethan didn't reach for it. His gaze stayed locked on the petals, on the snow melting slowly there.

Grace thought he hesitated because of the cold and leaned in to brush the snow away, only to be stopped by his question.

"What if this tree belonged to someone else?"

Without missing a beat, she answered, "When I pick them, they become yours."

Just as Ethan reached out, her words caught him off guard. His hand curled into a fist, and the veins on the back became rigid.

Grace, noticing his strange reaction, quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

He ducked his head and hummed quietly before taking the magnolia carefully.

"Thank you," he added in a soft voice.

Grace could tell that his mood had brightened.

She scrambled to the driver's seat, starting the car with quick, nervous moments, afraid he would change his mind and ask for something else.

As the car kicked into gear, the soft fragrance of magnolias from the back seat brushed against her senses.

"Do you like magnolias, Mr. Henderson? How special. Most people just see the winter's blank whiteness, but hidden inside... there's this bold flash of red, like..."

Realizing her words might be stepping over a line, she clamped her mouth shut. Ethan was a lot like winter itself. On the surface, he was cold and unapproachable -yet the moment he fell sick, he asked for flowers.

The contrast was almost ridiculous.

softly. "No one's

Grace was

seemed more like

smiled faintly and floored the

is missing. Once we get a signal, you should call your people at Druville and have them send a helicopter. With the roads blocked, there's no way out. And you're still running a fever;

you worried

Her smile faltered.

about him right now—not bad, just... unfamiliar. Wasn't it

I

it, she realized they had absolutely nothing to show for the trip.

place was nothing but ruins. If you had told us

dragged you all the way out here while you were

the magnolia to his nose,

"I didn't know."

Grace went silent immediately.

he had only passed

glanced into the rearview

gently swinging it back

you want to say?"

remember talking about it with my boyfriend once when we were kids, we got trapped inside. Some things happened. Just now, bits of that ald conversation came back think... I

memory was so sudden and patchy, she couldn't

have to check

his Adam's apple

many people appreciate magnolias.

him a sidelong look, a soft

that your way of complimenting

a moment, Ethan's grip tightened-hard enough to almost snap the stem- before

have sounded wrong. She rushed to add, "I mean, because you like magnolias too. You and my boyfriend you both have great taste."

a light fingertip across one

with him

nothing, eyes locked on the

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