Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan)

The officer, seeing how decisively Grace had struck Liam, quickly pulled her aside. "Ms. Lambert, please calm down."

Grace was truly beyond furious, so much so that she had lost her rationality earlier. She raised her hand and massaged her temples. "Officer, I'm willing to fully cooperate with your investigation."

She had completely neglected Liam over the past month, thinking that as long as he had Sebastian to guide him, nothing serious would happen. She didn't expect him to get into such trouble.

She immediately called Sebastian, only to learn that someone in his family had fallen ill recently, so he had only been giving Liam remote guidance. And Liam had completed all his online tasks quite well, so Sebastian hadn't brought up any issues with her.

Sebastian asked in a cautious and serious tone, "Ms. Lambert, has something happened?"

This was a matter best kept from public knowledge, especially now, when Lambert Group was going through a turbulent period. If anyone found out, their stock would plummet.

Grace brushed him off with a few vague words and hung up, but her anxiety only grew. It wasn't until she saw the trending news online that she was fully blown away.

Normally, news like this wouldn't make it onto the trending list, but the person who leaked it claimed that one of the people arrested this time was the young CEO of a big company.

Netizens were hooked, eagerly waiting for the whistleblower to reveal this CEO's identity.

Grace felt overwhelmed with panic. But so far, she still hadn't figured out who had lured Liam down this path.

She lowered her gaze. The first people that came to mind were Edric and Alice. After thinking it through, Edric seemed the most suspicious. She called him, but Edric had already fled overseas and was now living it up abroad.

"Grace, I knew you'd come begging one day. You want to know who framed Liam, don't you? Well, I'm not telling."

Grace had already started recording their video call. "Mr. Trenholm, at the very least, Liam let you off in the end."

Edric burst out laughing. "That's just because he was soft. Serves him right. He's just like

Quentin absolutely pathetic. That's why the company has never been listed. If I had taken over back then, who knows how high the company would've soared by now? Like father, like son. Liam has surely inherited Quentin's stupidity. Those two deserve to reunite in hell for that."

Grace hung up immediately. Now, only Liam himself knew the full truth.

She stayed by his hospital bed and didn't leave. The hospital was close to the police station, making it convenient for the officers to monitor him as well.

When Liam woke up, he stared blankly at the ceiling. He knew Grace was still there, but he didn't dare turn his head to look at her.

Grace played the recording of her conversation with Edric. His cold voice echoed throughout the hospital room.

Liam blinked, then pulled the blanket over his face again and began to cry softly.

Grace had told him before that he would have to grow up sooner or later. But he never imagined the cost of growing up would be this cruel.

She yanked the blanket away. "What right do you have to cry? Now, someone's about to expose your arrest online. If we don't stop it in time, you and the company are both finished! Even now, you still won't tell me who's behind this?

Liam bit his lip, sobbing as he shook his head.noveldrama

Grace almost slapped him again out of rage. But at this point, she was starting to guess who it might be.

Liam might be a mess, but he valued family above all else. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so easily manipulated by Alice and Carmen before.

He had once openly resented Grace, but even after she slapped him several

times, the only revenge he took was mouthing off at her.

She took a deep breath and grabbed the nearby cup roughly. She then sat him up

and shoved the cup straight to his lips.