Regret Came Too Late

---- Chapter 231 Ed seemed to understand what she was trying to say. His grip softened as he gently wiped her clean. "I like being with you like this," he murmured. Grace was completely drained of energy, but she could feel his kiss moving up from her foot. Terrified, she instinctively shifted backward. "It's... It's dirty." Who kissed that part after they were done? But he wasn't listening. His head remained buried in her.

Grace turned her head away, the sound of his actions ringing clearly in her ears. Just then, her phone rang. She didn't want to answer it and didn't have the energy to do so. She tried to push him away, but he was too forceful. 'The ringing continued, and before she knewit, she had accidentally pressed the answer button. Yancey's voice came through the phone, "Grace, where are you? I've been ringing your doorbell outside for ages, but no one's answered.

About that accident..." Grace couldn't even hear him anymore. She had accidentally answered the call, and she wanted to hang up, but her fingers ---- were limp and unresponsive. Her toes curled, pressing against Ed's shoulder. In the dark, every sound seemed amplified. Her mind was a whirl of confusion -for a brief moment, she thought maybe it wouldn't be so bad if they just stayed like this, in the darkness, together.

her thoughts, and she shuddered in his arms. "Mm... stop." He pulled her closer, gently patting her back as she lay in his arms, gasping for air. Her face was flushed with heat. She really liked the scent on him, something only he had-a

voice grew colder, more menacing. " Grace, what are you doing?" As the chaos in her mind cleared, she reached for the phone, which had somehow ended up somewhere on the couch. Her throat was hoarse, and she wanted to make out Ed's face in the dim light, but he seemed to know what she was thinking. In an instant, he pulled her closer, his chin resting on her shoulder. ---- "Don't

realized just how foolish he'd been. Anger flooded his body in an

there, letting him have his way with you?" Grace's expression darkened, taking a deep breath. "Yes, but that has nothing to do with you." "Grace!" Yancey growled. She hung up the phone, cutting him off. Yancey was