Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Grace didnt know who to turn to for the 20 thousand dollars.

In the end, at 9:00 pm, she called Ethan again.

A deep and slightly hoarse voice came through the receiver, reminding her of snowflakes on a winter night.

Grace Lambert? It was as if an invisible hand tightened around her throat, suffocating her with overwhelming grievances.

Hello, Ethan.

Can you lend me 20 thousand dollars? Im in the hospital and cant afford the medical bills.

The only response was the sound of steady breathing and the faint rustling of fabric.

Just as Grace was preparing herself for rejection, she heard him ask, Account number? Let… Let me find it.

She quickly grabbed the bag beside her and started searching frantically, afraid he would hang up before she could give him the details.

The nurse told her this was her bag, but inside, there were only cosmetics for touch-ups.

Finally, she found a card in the innermost compartment and quickly read out the number.

In less than a minute, the notification of a bank transfer came through.

Grace hesitated to hang up.

After all, this was the only person willing to acknowledge her since she had woken up with amnesia.

However, she hesitated for three full minutes, unsure of what to say.

Surprisingly, Ethan didnt hang up either.

In the quiet stillness of the call, they could hear each others breath.

I… Are your injuries serious? His

carried the same chill of a late-night

the first true concern she had heard since

failed

Thank you.

find a way to pay

to lie to me this time? Her heart

she quickly hung up the

times before? No matter how hard she thought about it, she couldnt make sense of

she only got more

outstanding hospital bill and

she stepped out of the hospital,

no money and no idea where she

her

was a beautiful villa with a

tapped

a hundred

transfer? Grace got

a luxury car pulled up in

window rolled down, revealing Yanceys

fresh and delicate, was in the passenger

concern, Grace, why did you

crystals, and her handbag was a limited edition model worth at

earlier? Your boyfriend

here because of me again? What do you want from me? Before Grace could say anything, Yancey had already got out of the drivers

you couldnt even

I really need to repeat myself over

Do you enjoy being humiliated? Why do you keep making things difficult for Alice? Alice leaned into his embrace,

Forget it, Yancey.

Im used to it.