Regret Came Too Late

---- Chapter 248 "Grace, I've brought you dinner. Grace, open the door!" Yancey shouted. Grace's head throbbed with pain. She wanted Ed to open the door, but then remembered he wanted to be kept in the dark. Slowly, she got up and reminded him. "You stay in bed. I'll go talk to him for a bit." Just as she got out of bed, Ed wrapped his arms around her waist, stopping her. "Don't go." His tone was low and heavy, as though his mood wasn't good.

Grace was puzzled, but her voice remained calm and even. "Ed, just rest for now." His hand slowly loosened, and he lay back down, covering half of his face with the blanket, not saying a word. Grace couldn't tell if he was angry or deep in thought. But somehow, she felt he had this ability to make her heart soften. She had originally planned to meet Yancey, but now, she wasn't in the mood for it anymore. Instead, she climbed back into bed. "Are you feeling down?

You seem a bit off, like something's weighing on you," she said. Ed turned around and pulled her tightly into his arms. ---- Grace wasn't sure why he had been upset, but he was holding her so tightly. She had taken a nap in the afternoon, so now she felt a bit more energetic and decided to gossip with him. "Ed, let's talk for a bit. Tell me about your life.

Grace turned to face him, poking at his chest with her finger. " Is that so? You're so fierce now,

not much to say about my colleagues. My boss is pretty ruthless," she replied. As soon

a long time. By now, Grace had closed her eyes, but she felt a large hand rest on the back of her head. Then, a heated kiss followed. He liked deep kisses, the kind where he would hold her tight, and they would get tangled up. But Grace didn't enjoy it as much. It felt like she had completely handed over the power to him, leaving her

against his chest to catch her breath. This wasn't the first time she felt this way. He had something weighing on his mind-something heavy -but he wouldn't say a word about it. She wouldn't ask either; everyone had their secrets. The