Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 276

Chapter 276

Grace had a lingering sense that something about Ed was amiss. His demeanor

had shifted, and he had grown strangely fixated—almost to the point of

obsession.

Also, "that guy" he had mentioned-who was that supposed to be?

"I'm not playing you." She reached out and took his hand, guiding him to sit beside her on the edge of the bed. "And I don't hate you either, so don't let your thoughts get carried away."

"What about the shells?" Ed pressed.

There was something relentless in how he clung to her words, even the ones spoken in passing, as if each word held the weight of a vow.

Grace began to wonder if she had really gone too far this time.

"I forgot," she said. "I'll make it up to you next time."

Ed fell silent. His lips trembled for a moment before he finally said, "You're just making a fool of me, Grace."

She was beginning to grow weary of it all. Needless to say, she wasn't someone who knew how to coax or comfort another.

The atmosphere between them instantly became tense. She simply admitted, "If that's what you think, then we should break up."

No sooner had she said it than she felt an overwhelming sense of hostility, a wave of killing intent that seemed to roll in from all sides. Yet she knew that it wasn't meant for her personally but for the world in general.

He slowly rose, then abruptly framed her face with his hands and brought his mouth down in a fierce kiss.

The metallic taste of blood spread between them when a jolt of pain bloomed on her lips as she reflexively tried to push him away, but he only bit down harder, to which she furrowed her brows in pain.

"Ed!" he called out, and he finally released her.

he said, "You'll regret this,

pursed her lips, wincing from the pain.

hold him, but he shoved her away. He moved toward the

silence, she finally said, "Never mind. I'm tired too, Ed. Maybe you're right. You were just someone

mouth, he left. However, this time, he was

a deep breath and slowly lay back down, but after avoiding reality and sleeping for two

mind. The sky outside had darkened,

It was Liam.

you're back in

through her chest, easing the relentlessness that had been gnawing at

Have you gone through the materials I prepared

still a few people

crossed Grace's eyes. Without delay, she got into the car and drove straight to

19 years old, but he looked as though he had matured overnight. Even

reached out and ruffled his hair. One glance at the stack of documents on the coffee table was enough to tell her that he

his face full of dependence. "I've been so obedient while you were gone. I read through everything. Mr. Fenwick has even been teaching me how to manage the company. But you're still the best, Grace. I only need to glance at the

simply mischievous and had been sheltered

he put his mind to it, none of these concepts was

He had never

Even the slightest movement sent a sharp twinge

stepping toward the coffee table. "Has Edric been bothering you

even brought some of his senior executives with him, saying I'm too young to manage

without a doubt, a

documents before her. Each page was filled with thick markings of annotations in handwriting that

as she spent the next ten minutes carefully reviewing them before settling to a firm conclusion-Liam would turn out just fine. She had just opened her mouth to speak when the doorbell

refused to relinquish his shares,

now held 10% of Alice's shares and was therefore the second-largest shareholder. Half of the senior executives had already sworn their allegiance

who was shoved into the presidency overnight, the majority treated him with barely concealed disdain. Everyone knew how

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