Regret Came Too Late

Grace took a deep breath. "Mr. Yule, are you interested in meeting Yasmine? I

can give you her phone number directly."

Simon lowered his gaze, his impatience with her palpable.

"I don't have Ethan's patience. One more word, and you can get the hell out."

Grace felt a surge of anger, but she really didn't have the power to challenge

Simon.

When she got downstairs, she felt a knot of unease in her stomach.

She took several steps back when she bumped into someone coming the other

way.

It was Jodie, whose voice immediately turned shrill as she yelled, "Grace!"

Since the whipping incident, Grace had been trying to avoid this woman. She

hadn't expected to run into her today.

She lowered her head and tried to walk past, but Jodie blocked her way.

"Grace, looks like you're all healed up. So you're back to your old tricks, huh?

What are you doing here? Don't tell me you followed my brother again? Just

because my uncle doesn't want you, you've set your sights on my brother now?"

Jodie's expression was full of resentment, like she wanted nothing more than to

pull out a whip and beat Grace again.

What would Yancey be

fight, so she tried to leave, but Jodie

hard

time, and now there was a huge hand mark on her

I tell you?

whenever I see

from the slap. She threw

stumbled back,

she saw Yancey and ran

what

papers everywhere, and Grace bent down to scoop them

shoved Jodie aside,

"I've

just

Ethan protects you."

pouted. "So what? Uncle Ethan

Enough. Uncle Ethan won't like

hard on

a

Yancey yelled, "Jodie Henderson!"

off like a shot, sticking her tongue out and scoffing. She acted

spoiled brat.

up the paper

on, trying to wipe

but the mark

Grace

be mad.

have a word

cool as a cucumber. She knew exactly how

Ethan doted on Jodie.

had all the

too. "Grace, let's