Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Liam sat in the Lambert residence, gripping his phone with an inexplicable frustration.

He had assumed Grace would return by now, but three days had passed, and there was still no word from her to the past, no matter how upset she was, two days was the longest she could hold out. Then, she’d show upbringing his favorite gins as an apolog

To be honest, Liam had never thought highly et hig. She wasn’t capable of much she just knew how in chase after men.

But he had to admit that her cooking was incredible, and she always indulged in his every whim. After spending all these years together, he would’ve developed some attachment even if she were just a dog raised by his side.

Just now, he had logged of this game and casually checked the live streams, only to findAlice locked in a streaming battle against Grace.

He relaxed slightly so, Grice was still holding a grudge about Alice stealing Yancey

But even so, that was no reason to take it out on her own younger brother. How could she ignore him and not earn come back to cook?

He deliberately sent ten rockats in Alice’s live stream to provoke her. He stubbornly stayed there after doing that, refusing to check in on Grace’s stream. He was sure she knew exactly who he was

But from start to finish, her expression didn’t change. She continued answering the viewers‘ questions, looking as composed as ever.

“Mm, I don’t know who’s sending the rockets. It has nothing to do with me. Let’s stay focused on the apples,” she said lightly

Liam nearly crushed his phone in anger. Fine! It she wanted to act indifferent, he’d make sure the couldn’t ignore him.

In a go, he threw docens more rockets, nearly a million dollars worth.

His extravagant show of wealth drew a flooded mattic to Alice’s stream. The platform always prioritized big spenders, announcing their contributions across the site Curious viewers natmally clicked in, causing her audience numbers to surge.

Charity is a good thing, but our family isn’t shocton

game sottened at the

though I don’t need the money, helping others

an epiphany that she wasn’t taking it. She really was

detachment made Liam feel oddly unsettled. For a

continued to shower

at the rapidly climbing older count, a

orders and 200 thousand pounds of apples

also coordinate with the farmers to pack and ship everyone’s orders. See you all this

the stream

expected her to ride the wave of momentum and keep selling,

untold, suddenly felt like they had been doused

Grace log off first, Allor immediately put on a concerned expression and turned to

“She’s probably feeling hurt. Don’t be like this next time. Send her some gifts

upset, his irritation

ntion or just to

“I won’t. Why’d she suddenly run off to

like that,”

to mess with you,

I’ll stay and finish selling these apples. At this rate,

at his phone, waiting for a message

a single notificationcame

was meeting with the agricultural aid project coordinator on the other side of

looked visibly

awkwardly. “The farmers. Well, they signed a contract with another beam last night. They’ve