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

now, and Grace

seemed more like

smiled faintly and floored the

Druville and have them send a helicopter. With the roads blocked, there's no way out. And you're still running a fever; I'd rather not risk

worried

Her smile faltered.

now—not bad, just...

You brought me here, Mr. Henderson. I

to show for the trip. Her fingers tightened around the

nothing but ruins. If you had told us ahead

wouldn't have dragged you all the way out here

lifted the magnolia to his nose,

"I didn't know."

Grace went silent immediately.

know. Perhaps he had only passed by that spot once, remembered it, and

into the rearview mirror, and their eyes

flower, gently swinging it back and forth, clearly in a good

to say?"

just... near the ruins, there was this sinkhole. I remember talking about it with my boyfriend once when

memory was so sudden and patchy, she

to check with Ed

his Adam's apple shifting

many people appreciate magnolias. Your boyfriend had

look, a soft

way of complimenting yourself,

Ethan's grip tightened-hard enough to almost snap

rushed to add,

lowered his gaze, running a light fingertip across

you should stay with

nothing, eyes locked

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