Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 394

In Ethan's sight, a slim silhouette broke through the sea of white, the crimson flower in her hand burning like a tiny flame.

Grace went into the car, shaking the snow from her hair before pulling the door shut.

She immediately held out the magnolia to him.

Ethan didn't reach for it. His gaze stayed locked on the petals, on the snow melting slowly there.

Grace thought he hesitated because of the cold and leaned in to brush the snow away, only to be stopped by his question.

"What if this tree belonged to someone else?"

Without missing a beat, she answered, "When I pick them, they become yours."

Just as Ethan reached out, her words caught him off guard. His hand curled into a fist, and the veins on the back became rigid.

Grace, noticing his strange reaction, quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

He ducked his head and hummed quietly before taking the magnolia carefully.

"Thank you," he added in a soft voice.

Grace could tell that his mood had brightened.

She scrambled to the driver's seat, starting the car with quick, nervous moments, afraid he would change his mind and ask for something else.

As the car kicked into gear, the soft fragrance of magnolias from the back seat brushed against her senses.

"Do you like magnolias, Mr. Henderson? How special. Most people just see the winter's blank whiteness, but hidden inside... there's this bold flash of red, like..."

Realizing her words might be stepping over a line, she clamped her mouth shut. Ethan was a lot like winter itself. On the surface, he was cold and unapproachable -yet the moment he fell sick, he asked for flowers.

The contrast was almost ridiculous.

"I do," he said softly. "No one's ever given me any."

He sounded a little stronger now, and Grace was glad she hadn't brushed him off.

At least he seemed more like himself again.

smiled faintly and

have them send a helicopter. With the roads blocked, there's no way out. And

worried

Her smile faltered.

about him right now—not bad,

I can't just let anything

realized they had absolutely nothing to show for the

place was nothing but ruins. If you had told us

you all the way out here while you were still

magnolia to his nose, a faint smile

"I didn't know."

Grace went silent immediately.

they didn't

once,

into the rearview mirror,

gently swinging it back and forth, clearly

to say?"

with my boyfriend once when we were kids, we got trapped inside. Some things happened.

was so sudden and patchy, she

would have to check

closed his eyes, his Adam's apple

people appreciate magnolias. Your boyfriend had good

him a sidelong look, a

way of complimenting yourself,

a moment, Ethan's grip tightened-hard

caught himself

then that what

might

to

like magnolias too. You and my boyfriend you both have great taste."

light fingertip

you should stay with

nothing, eyes locked on

drove for miles before the signal finally returned. She asked Ethan to contact his people in Druville, then

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