Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan)

Ethan's face remainedexpressionless as he maneuvered his wheelchair to leave.

Alice quickly stepped behind him. "Mr. Henderson, let me walk you back."

The words had barely left her muthahepäbe heard a singnoveldrama

She thought she had misheard for a second. She stood frozen, unable to process what hadju

It wasn't until the sound of Ethan's wheelchair had completely faded into the night that fury gradually overtook her features. Her hands clenched into fists, her chest rising and falling violently"Never in her life ha humiliated liker thin.

Ich actually dared to twat her this way?

He can into her on a quin night, and the two of them just stood before the same palding. Il shumtive felt like fate, shouldn't it?

Damn in This man refused to play by the rules!

rant the door, a ma sulled hen into his arms, kissing her hungrily.

Alice then summed back to her room. But the moment she opeand the does, a man pulled her into

The frustration in her chest eased considerably as she thought about how indifferent he was toward orace yet so passionate with her.

"Yancey, why aren't you asleep yet?"

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"I just thought the moon looked nice."

Yancey kissed her again, then carried her back to the bl

Ever since that drunken night a year ago, they had long stopped pretending to avoid what had already happened between them. In fact, they had just been together moments aga

iking, her tone Lared with concern, "I took a walk around the western courtyard. It's pretty far from here. Tancey, you should check in on Grace tomorrow. She came to Southbrook our of spite, probably because Yarwy's expression turned impatient, but then he recalled what than had said earlier that night. It left him with a strange sense of unease.

There had been a time when his relationship with Grace was genuinely good. She had liked him, and he had biked her

had even saned his life.

He still remembered vividly the way she had nearly drowned as she tried to pull him to share, refusing to let even when she was on the verge of death herself. That was something he had fur Alice's hardchips had been far worse. She had suffered so much outside before finally returning tive years ago, yet she was so understanding and mature.

Gare had spent all these years enjoying a life of haury in the Lambert family. Besides, it was Alice who had helped her escape that day. If not, who knew which one of them would have been mafficked incread Alice's fingers traced slow circles on his chest. "Vancey, I don't want to make things ugly with my sister. I know she resents me, thinking I stole everything from her. I get it. And she really does love you Sometim Vanory pulled her into his arms. "I'll go see her tomorrow, okay? And don't say that about yourself, I was the one who drank too much that night I should take respondity. None of this is Alte uliporurk dinisa smirk

duck turn, abe lud envied Grace for Buying such a perfect hancé.

Kerrything had felt trips to her when alar fiest aeturned to the Lambert

residence Worse, Yancey had treated her coldly, and his eyes were filled only with Grace. Of course, she hadn

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Alice Badelung to him, kissing him for ages last night.

He looked embarrassed briefly, but he brushed it off just as quickly. "Grace already knows. It's not like there's any chance of us being together Then why are you here?"

That single question caught him off guard.

Yeah. Why was he here?

Why did he still care if he had already decided to break off the engagement?

Ethan tuned away, his toe indifferent. "Or maybe, alter metting around in bed with Alice, you still can't quite let go of the woman who actually cared about you.”

Grace had loved Yancey with everything she had. Any man would feel a sense of pride in having a stunning woman as his devoted admirer

Yancey's breath caught in his throat "Tjust_"

"Stay away from her." Ethan's voice was calm. "You don't deserve to stand by her side

Yancey's Imgers twitched at his side.

han had never been close to the rest of the Henderson

family. He rarely spoke much, and ever since his accident, he had spent the last two years abroad without so much as a single phone call home

Even now,

he remained detached from all family affairs after returning

Yancey had always been cautious in front of him. But this was the first time than had ever spoken to him like this.

The words left an uneasy weight in his chest, and his hand slowly curled into a fist

Who was unworthy of whom, exactly?

After all, everyone knew just how desperate Grace had been redling to him.