Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 49

Ethans face remainedexpressionless as he maneuvered his wheelchair to leave .

Alice quickly stepped behind him .

Mr.

Henderson , let me walk you back .

The words had barely left her muthahepäbe heard a sing She thought she had misheard for a second .

She stood frozen , unable to process what hadju It wasnt until the sound of Ethans wheelchair had completely faded into the night that fury gradually overtook her features .

Her hands clenched into fists , her chest rising and falling violently Never in her life had she been humiliated liker thin .

Ich actually dared to twat her this way ? He can into her on a quin night , and the two of them just stood before the same palding .

Il shumtive felt like fate , shouldnt it ? Damn in This man refused to play by the rules ! rant the door , a ma sulled hen into his arms , kissing her hungrily .

Alice then summed back to her room .

But the moment she opeand the does , a man pulled her into The frustration in her chest eased considerably as she thought about how indifferent he was toward orace yet so passionate with her .

Yancey , why arent you asleep yet ? Irklate What were youudung outsida ? I just thought the moon looked nice .

Yancey kissed her again , then carried her back to the bl Ever since that drunken night a year ago , they had long stopped pretending to avoid what had already happened between them .

In fact , they had just been together moments aga iking , her tone Lared with concern , I took a walk around the western courtyard .

pretty far from here

should check in on Grace tomorrow

probably because the knew Id be here helping with the agricultural

impatient , but then he recalled what than had said

left him with a strange sense of unease

time when his relationship with Grace

he had biked her had

as she tried to pull him to share , refusing to let even when

was something he had fur Alices hardchips had been

tive years

a life of haury in the

was Alice who had helped

which one of them would have been mafficked incread Alices fingers traced slow circles

make

know she resents me , thinking I

I get it .

you Sometimes , I just

, I was the one who drank too much that night I

, abe lud

her when alar fiest aeturned to the Lambert residence Worse ,

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was , the happies she became The suret dineding

kes king and the toned , andy to timeam in place the a puppet shame

a Π Alice Badelung to him , kissing him for ages last