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.

do," he said softly. "No one's ever given

a little stronger now, and Grace

seemed

smiled faintly and

at Druville and have them send a helicopter. With the roads blocked, there's no way out.

you worried about

Her smile faltered.

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

Mr. Henderson. I can't just

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

ruins. If you had

the way out

the magnolia to his nose, a faint smile

"I didn't know."

Grace went silent immediately.

for what they didn't know. Perhaps he had only

into the rearview

the flower, gently swinging it back and forth,

to say?"

my boyfriend once when we were kids, we got trapped inside. Some things

so sudden and patchy, she couldn't even tell if

to check with

eyes, his Adam's

people appreciate magnolias.

him a sidelong look,

that your way of complimenting

tightened-hard enough to almost snap the stem- before

she had just said might have sounded wrong. She rushed to add, "I mean, because you like magnolias too. You and my boyfriend

lowered his gaze, running a light

you should stay with

said nothing, eyes locked

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