Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 28

Chapter 28

Corace checked into a new room for the night, , and as she was about to rest, her phone suddenly buzzed with a message from the work group chat

Curious, she opened it and found her coworkers gossiping about her

Someone had posted a picture of her back.

“Valy is Grace Staying in a hotel

The probably has some date tonight. She’s always surrounded by men, right?

Honest, she only got into the company because of her connection with Mr. Henderson”

Grace rassed an eyebrow, realizing they had probably forgotten she was in the group.

she quickly typed a message. She asked, “Since when have had a lot of men around me? How come I didn’t know the

Thedon in the group had been pretty lively, with people em guessing she had slept with Yancey to get into the company but once they saw her message, they suddenly

sumbered she was part of the group.

person who had taken her photo. She questioned, “Have you

stayed in

quieter. If this weren’t a work–related

to sleep, knowing it wasn’t her fault they were talking behind her

next day, she immediately felt the awkward tension, she pretended like she had no idea what was going on

called her and asked

still some furniture pieces the needed to check out in

She’d had a clear come in, and after

bought a 15–ion–dollar house. For a moment, her smile seemed forced: “Grace, weren’t you string financially? How did

picking out a table lamp. She asked a nearby sales clerk,

nee vintage styles?

“Right this way.”

a large mall surrounded

cost thousands of dollars. Grace

when she saw the 50,000o–dollar lamp she subconsciously curled her

money? Or someone

already thinking about the new house. She was looking

a smile “Sure, I’ve never seen a 15–million–dollar

and couldn’t even afford to buy a

designer handbag store, Grace didn’taven pause She preferred a simple canvas tote than those bags worth