Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan)

As soon as Lily said that, Alice laughed out loud and immediately raised her glass. "Wow, congratulations, Grace. Doesn't that mean you'll be even closer to Mrs. Henderson now? Once you have a baby, I'll be sure to shower your child with gifts."

Her eyes were practically sparkling with amusement. She never expected the troublemaker, Hendricks, to take an interest in Grace.

Everyone knew that Hendricks had dropped out of middle school and was addicted to gambling. If it weren't for Lily protecting him, Hendricks would have been behind bars a long time ago.

The only reason he could mix around with people like Yancey was purely because he had Lily as a sister. Otherwise, someone of his status would never have gotten close to these social circles.

Alice was beyond delighted. She felt that Grace deserved this kind of scumbag. Everyone present seemed to be delighted, except for Grace.

Grace picked up a glass of wine on the table and splashed the wine right on Lily. It was something no one expected.

Lily definitely didn't expect it. It took her several seconds to even realize that wine was dripping down her face.

Grace sneered, "Mrs. Henderson, is your head clear now? What do you take me for? Your brother isn't even fit to wipe my shoes, and you think I'd marry him? Goodbye!"

She added, "As for my engagement with Yancey, I'll end it whenever I want. Looks like I don't need your approval at all. Do you really think you matter that much?"

She turned to leave, but Lily slammed her hand on the table. "Grace!"

Lily had been humiliated like this before, but that was when she was just a mistress. It had already been years since she succeeded in climbing to the top. The fact that she was being humiliated like that again caused her to snap and lose all rationality. "Stop her!"

Several bodyguards immediately moved to block Grace.

"Grace, you should be grateful that my brother is willing to marry you. You were never welcome in the Lambert family to begin with. Do you really think of yourself as an heiress of the Lambert family?

"If you don't have shares, then you're nothing! Now, take this opportunity to bond with Hendricks. He's far better than you are."

Two bodyguards stepped forward and blocked Grace's path.noveldrama

Grace frowned and turned to look at Lily. "Are you trying to force me now?"

Lily did not bother putting up an act anymore. After Grace splashed that drink on her, she lost all affection for Grace.

She completely ignored Grace and turned to Hendricks. "Hendricks, take her to your usual place. You should have a good talk with her. Sometimes, you just need to be a bit more forceful with women."

Hendricks hadn't expected Lily to be so helpful. There was instantly a grin on his face. "Lily, don't worry. I'll make sure we have a really nice conversation!"

He walked toward Grace with a confident expression.

Grace never expected Lily to resort to something like this. Her fingers brushed against something inside her purse, and she only let out a sigh of relief when she saw that the call had already gone through.

She found the situation utterly ridiculous. She couldn't even rely on her parents for this, and the only person she could think of was Ethan.

Hendricks continued to move toward her, but before he could get any further, he realized there was someone else in front of him.

He looked up to notice it was Yancey.

Yancey had a strange expression on his face. "Uncle, what are you trying to do?"

Hendricks put a hand on Yancey's shoulder. "Come on, you've never even liked Grace. Didn't you once tell me and Sloan we could do anything we wanted with her?"

Those were just drunken words at the time, and Yancey never thought that Hendricks would take them seriously.

He clenched his fists. No matter how much he disliked Grace, he would never let Hendricks touch her.

But Hendricks whispered to him, "Yancey, I won't actually do anything to her. If you want to play the hero, just come to the room in an hour. I'll give you the chance to do something. Haven't you noticed how cold she's been to you lately?" Suddenly, Yancey felt all his anger cool down as he hesitated.

It was true that Grace was acting completely differently today. When she splashed the wine on Lily, Yancey had felt incredibly panicked.

Yancey lowered his gaze and asked, "Are you sure you won't do anything to her?"

Hendricks mocked Yancey internally. How could he not do anything with such a beautiful woman in front of him? He would make Grace submit. He would make her cry and make sure she knew who her man was.

An hour was more than enough for that.

"Come on, Yancey. Don't you trust your own uncle? I guarantee it," Hendricks said.

Yancey immediately gave way. "Hendricks, if you lie to me, I won't let you off."

The two of them were quite close, and Yancey never really referred to Hendricks as his uncle. In Yancey's eyes, Hendricks was just a lackey of his. There was no way Hendricks would dare to deceive him.

Hendricks didn't hesitate as he motioned to the bodyguards. "Take her upstairs!" Grace's gaze landed on Yancey, causing Yancey to feel guilty.

After all, she was his fiancée in name, but he was allowing her to be taken away by another man. He pursed his lips and forced himself to look up at her again.

If she really didn't want anything to happen with Hendricks, then Grace should be asking him for help. As long as she asked him for help, Yancey would definitely...

Yet when he looked at her again, Grace had already turned away coldly. That cold indifference nearly made him lose his composure. This wasn't how it was supposed to be.

Suddenly, Alice slipped her arm through his and leaned against him as she said sweetly, "Yancey, don't worry. He'll definitely treat Grace well."

As she spoke, her eyes were filled with obvious delight.

However, Yancey felt as if his soul had been ripped away from his body. The dread inside him only grew stronger as he felt like he was about to lose something very important.

He barely even registered what Alice said. His eyes were just focused on Grace, who was heading upstairs.

He took a step forward, but Lily said, "Yancey, you should trust your uncle. Besides, you saw how Grace acted today. She completely disrespected me. If she behaves like that in front of the others from the family, you'd be a laughingstock. Do you really want to live in Ethan's shadow forever?"