Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 412 Grace turned her head and looked at Andrea, her expression dead serious.

Andrea swallowed nervously. She didn't dare to maintain eye contact with Grace for sreason.

It was as if Grace could see through everything.

But when she thought of Joanne, she gathered up her courage again. "I'll be married to Liam in the future, and he agreed to marryas well, so doesn't it make sense for us to live together? Speaking of which, I'll have to call you my sister-in-law, too." Grace felt grossed out by Andrea calling her that title. She couldn't be bothered to deal with Andrea and just walked straight into her apartment complex.

Andrea wasn't allowed to enter and could only stand by the gate. She instantly lost her temper.

"If you don't allow it, I'm going to ask Liam about it! Since he cares so much about me, surely he'll letstay!" Grace felt a wave of frustration. What made it even worse was that an hour later, Liam called her to ask if he could bring Andrea over to his villa to let her rest there during her pregnancy.

Grace originally wanted a peaceful Christmas with Liam. But now, she didn't feel like it anymore.

"Whatever." "Grace, are you mad?" he asked cautiously while lowering his head. "The situation with Andrea's family is pretty complicated. Her parents favor boys over girls and have been trying to sell her off to buy her brother a house. She has nowhere else to go." Grace didn't want to hear another word from him. She then took a deep breath. "It's up to you." "Grace, can I still go out with you for a meal on Christmas? It's been a while since we ate together." She felt a sudden ache in her heart. "Sure." Liam instantly perked up as he said, "I recently just finished reading a book. I'll be waiting for you to cpickup then!" Grace said nothing further and hung up.

Grace, flustered, couldn't land a single project. Meanwhile, Liam was only making things worse for her.

She drew in a deep breath and took out a bottle of wine. Just as she was planning to spend the rest of the night drinking quietly, the doorbell suddenly rang at this hour.

Selene stood outside. She was all dressed up tonight, holding an armful of fresh, expensive fruit.

"Hey, Grace. Today is my mom's birthday, and I'm heading to Jensen Residence for a meal later. These are imported fruits from my client. I won't be free to eat them, so you can have them instead." There were over a dozen bags of fruit, filling up the entire floor at her front door.

"Selene, I won't be able to finish all of these either..." Before Grace could finish speaking, Selene's phone started ringing. She patted Grace's shoulder.

"If you can't finish them, you can give them to your friends. I'm going on a business trip after dinner with my family tonight, and will probably only be back after a week. It would be a waste if they went bad." As she was speaking, she headed toward the elevator and answered the call.

It was from Damien.

It took Grace a lot of effort to carry the boxes of fruit back into her hone by one. She didn't have many friends; the only ones she knew were Joanne and Yasmine.

First, she called Joanne, asking if she was at home. Then, she planned to send the fruit over through a delivery service.

Joanne thanked her from the other end, then slipped in a question.

"Grace, do you have any plans for Christmas? Do you want to bring your boyfriend out and have a meal together?" Next month was just around the corner, and Christmas was only ten days away.

"I'll ask him about it. We'll see if he's up for it." Joanne's gaze dimmed, and her tone sounded calm. "You treat your boyfriend really well." What kind of man is he? Was he worth being hidden by Grace like this? "I like him. That's reason enough." Selene arrived downstairs and saw Damien already waiting inside his car.

He wore a watch around his wrist, and his fingers rested on the steering wheel. When he saw her coming out, his eyes immediately lit up.

She reached out for the back door of the car, but realised she couldn't open it. Damien let out a soft chuckle. She had no choice but to get into the front seat. He stepped on the gas pedal just as she fastened her seat belt.

It felt strange that Damien didn't say a single word throughout the whole journey. Something felt off. When the car finally stopped at Jensen Residence, Selene got out and saw Christopher and Sophia waiting outside. The uneasiness on her face vanished in an instant.

"Dad. Mom." Sophia was dressed elegantly with a diamond necklace around her neck. She smiled and nodded at Selene. "It's good to have you back home." Sophia tugged Selene along as both of them headed inside together. Damien suddenly squeezed in next to Selene.

"Selene, Christmas is coming soon. Did you getany gifts?" As soon as Sophia heard that, she swung a slap at him "Such disrespectful behavior! Don't call her by her name-call her Sis." Damien shrugged and walked ahead.

The anxiety in Selene's heart only grew more apparent. But until after dinner, everything seemed warm and peaceful.

Everyone sat on the sofa, watching TV. Sophia suddenly asked Selene about her boyfriend.

"When are you going to bring your boyfriend over to visit us? I heard he's a university professor. You seem to have always liked mature men."

Selene was peeling a tangerine, and as she was about to pop a slice into her mouth Damien, who was sitting beside her, suddenly snatched it away from her.

Sophia slammed the table in a fit of rage. "You have no manners!om Because you have no sense of boundaries, Selene got caught up in all your nasty rumors!" As her words fell, the living room suddenly went pitch black.

Was it a power outage? How was that possible? pair of

Before Selene could react, hands swooped in and pressed against the back of her head. The slice of m tangerine Damien snatched from her En was passed back through his mouth to hers, crushed by his tongue, its flavor spreading between their mouths. She instinctively took a step back. Was he crazy? Sophia and Christopher were still sitting right across from them! Within the darkness, their breaths intertwined. Only now did she realize the difference between men and women.

"Damien..." She pleaded softly, terrified of what would happen when the lights cback on and this horrifying image would be revealed to everyone.