Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan)

Grace held Ed in silence. All he felt was the throbbing ache at the back of his

skull, so intense it was nauseating him.

It was a clear sign of his anxiety triggering.

"Ed," she said gently. "Whatever medication you give me, I'll take it. I'm not going

to argue about anything else right now. You need to rest. I'll come by to visit you

for the next few days to take care of you. You have to sleep for at least three

days."

She placed her hands on his shoulders and drew a deep breath. "I still need to

finalize some details with our business partners. I'll be back at noon. After that, I

won't leave again—I'll stay with you tonight. I'll bring some food when I return,

okay?"

Her tone was almost coaxing.

His Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed, then he wrapped his arms around her

waist. "Can you not go anywhere at all?"

His voice came out low as he spoke, and she could still feel the residual heat from

his body.

She closed her eyes and collapsed back onto the couch. "I'll reschedule my

meeting for noon. I'll stay with you until then, drive back for the meeting, and

return afterward with food. Then we can sleep some more?"

He let out a muffled hum of agreement as he kept his eyes closed.

It was just seconds before his breathing relaxed beside her.

That was fast. Had he not slept at all last night?

"What on earth was going through his mind every day?

At noon, she rose quietly, drove to her meeting, grabbed a quick meal, then

stopped by a high-end restaurant to order some takeout before hurrying back to

his place.

However, her car had only gone a few blocks when she suddenly encountered

Selene.

Selene was standing by the roadside, making a call, while her slender fingers

adjusted her rimless glasses.

Grace pulled up and honked twice.

Selene glanced over, raised an eyebrow slightly, exchanged a few quick words

into her phone, then ended the call and walked towards Grace's car. "Grace, did

you get everything sorted with Jodie?"

She was referring to the incident Grace had briefly mentioned when she consulted

her lawyer last time.

"Given her family connections, she wasn't held accountable for the case," Grace

said.

Selene casually opened the passenger door and slid into the passenger seat.

"Just great. Give me a ride, will you? You've no idea how stressed I've been these

past few days," she said as she massaged her temples.

Selene's expression remained composed, but the dark circles beneath her eyes

clearly explained the glasses.

"What happened?"

No sooner had Grace asked than Selene's phone buzzed again.

She let out a deep breath. "What

happened? Thanks to Mr.

Henderson's 'considerate'

announcement about my potential

marriage to Vincent, Damien has

been hounding me relentlessly. The

mighty CEO of Jensen Group—using

all his influence to sabotage my

business dealings. Even the Jensen

family elders are starting to take

notice."

It had been years since she had last

returned to the Jensen family, when

she had gone out of her way to

alienate herself from nearly all of the

relatives there just to reassure them.

Damien was their best prospect as an heir, and there absolutely couldn't be any

rumors of scandal between him and her, the adopted daughter.

She was wise enough to know boundaries.noveldrama

Grace recalled that offhand remark Ethan had made last time, not realizing the

gravity of the consequences it would eventually unleash.

Selene, having expressed a series of other complaints, finally noticed the neatly

packed meal boxes on the side.

"You're bringing food to someone?" she asked.

"My boyfriend," Grace replied.

That caught Selene off guard. She

paused for a few seconds before

teasing, "You're really caring toward

your man. When are you going to

bring him out and introduce him?

People in the circle are all

speculating. You keep him so well

hidden that some folks have even

started betting on what he looks

like."

Grace, feeling incredulous, quickly changed the subject. "Should I drop you

home?"

"Yes, please. I need sleep. I've been in back-to-back meetings for 2 days straight."

Selene leaned against the window and dozed off immediately.

Grace could tell that she was truly exhausted.

When the car pulled up outside their residential complex and Selene got out of the

car, she seemed as if she could hardly feel her legs.

Grace then proceeded to turn the car around and head off to Ed's place.