Regret Came Too Late

Chapter & ced been resting in her room for about half an hour when someone knocked on the door again .

When she opened it , Tim was standing outside .

His tone remained strictly business Mc Lambert , M.

Henderson invites you to join him for dinner .noveldrama

She had been knarking on apples all evening , and they had long since digested by noww .

stepping into Extans room , she found the lights turnedup to their brightest , dluminating an extravagant feaut Laid not on the table He was seated by the table , silently flipping through a book .

He lifted his gaze at the sound of her arrival , his voice calm and deep .

Sit .

Glare wat quite hungry , so she didnt hesitate and took a seat .

Thank you , Mr.

Henderson ! At least 15 dishes were spread across the table with all kinds of food imaginable .

Grace couldnt help but be a little surprised .

This level of dining was almost excFLLİVE .

the picked up her cutlery and began eating at a steady pace .

Manwhile , Eilan sei hit book aude , took up a kelle and book , and quietly are the small portion of uneak on his plate .

Halfway through the meal , she noticed that he had barely eaten .

That was unexpected his appetite was surprisingly small for a grown man .

Just then , a knack came from outside .

It was not at Ethans door but athere They belonged to Manly .

She was likely here to ask what she planned to do about the 20 thousand orders .

Grace mood up , but the sharp pain in her knee made her stumble .

She instinctively reached out and grabbed the tablecloth for support .

But in doing so , the accidentally yanked it too hard ..

sending a bowl of pumpkin and mushroom soup flying The soup splashed straight onto Ethans pants For a split second , she froze as if turned to stone .

Then , snapping back to reality , she grabbed a napkin and started dabbing at the fabric .

She wiped at it few times before realizing that this was entirely inappropriate .

She lifted her paze and met his eyes .

Ethan trached on , his fingers closing around her wrist as dark waves surged in his eyes .

stop Grace quickly stood up Im sorry .

Mr.

Henderson .

I lost my balance because of my love .

Lven now , it was still throbbing with pain .

He didnt let go of het went right away .

Several seconds passed before he finally asked , Does it hurt badly ? Dutside , Mandy was still calling for her .

she had no choice but to say , Tis dine .

I need to head to Northbrook tonight .

The dive from Southbrook to Northbrook takes two hours , in I wont be back.

There are apple orchards there too , and want to negotiate prices with the local farmers .

Her projects pool was to support farmers in Brookfield , and Northbrook was part of that .

However , Northbrooks apples werent as well known as those from Southbrook The governments strategy had been to promote southbrook apples first before shitting focus to Northbrook , which had left the latter almost forgotten in recent years .

Since the farmers in Southbrook didnt need her help , she would go to Northbrook For a moment , she thought she felt Ethans grip tightening slightly and his thumb brushing lightly over her skin .

It was subtle , almost accidental .

But the warmth it left behind lingered .

He released her wrist .

The farmers in Northbrook arent easy to deal with .

They deeply resent this side after being neglected for so long Grace was a linte surprised Ethan knew about this too ? If she hadnt mentioned Northbrook herself , would he have brought it up on his own ? know , the replied .

Ill show them sincerity and earn their trust .

Their apples arent any worse than Southbrooks .

Theyre just not well known She turned to leave , but Ethans phone cang just then .

Tandrys name flashed on the screen .

What a mood killer .

Graces brown furrowed slightly .

Why was Yancey calling him ? Erhan picked up the phone and put it on speaker .

om the other end came Yanceys voice .

Uncle Ethan , which room is decent just arrived in Southbrook Inedito talk to her about something Dhan glanced at Grace , whose expression darkened with impatience … IF Yancey was looking for barn , it was either to make her give that go thousand dollar handbag to Yelena to face her to apologior to Alice .

Either way , it wasnt going to be anything goal .

Ethans volte armaised indifferent .

What do you need her for ? oli , Its because of the mess she caused the said what she did in the live stream , and now some people ondine are attacking alice .

She even cried .

I just want her to apologize .

After all , shes Grace Hentally replayed what she had said in the live seam something about the two of them leping together .

And Hory had indeed done so she ludi lied .

Hei disgust for Yancey spiked , instantly wiping away any lingering betterness .

All that was left was pure nitation .

Marie Erban , Gitare sply joined Henderson Group because shes chasing altet me .

All this di shers stirring up is just to get my attention .

But no matter how far she takes things , the shouldnt joder about Alires reputation .

There were so many people watching the stream .

Kat are took a dergi temal .

Henderson , Ill be going now Mandy is still waiting outside , She spened the dot stukimmediately sported Mandy walling asbest Mandy kosketa batle surprised kar dobyt kurve the time lo pasip right mm Now , the layers are in air naway a slipping the orders .

That toch , Alice , sablon hes live at eam that wingers and that we wont be able to fulfill the orders at all .

are walked forward , ignoring the disconduct bucher hire .

Thort worry .

Come with jne to Northbound After walking for over ten minutes , they reached the main hall The inn had no courtyard , one to the wax and one to the west , separated by a ten foot wide street Grace had been staying in the western courtyard 11 turned out that Alice was staying in the eastern one