Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 44 Alice was impeccably dressed , ending elegance down to her 200 thousand dollar handtop .

Around her stood several senior technical experts from Lambert Group .

Their gates toward her carried both admiration and respect .

Most of these tech leads were in their mid jön , and ama slightly younger omnes , many harbored feelings for Alice .

© quickly spotted Grace and curved her lips into a smile .

Grace , youre staying here too ? The tech leads were familiar with Grace.

After all , the two had faced off in a live stream before .

Now , their expressions were filled with undisguised disdain .

sedl have time to hang around , Mts Grace ? Have those go thousand orders been shipped yet? ! Teah , some people accomplish nothing while Ms.

Alice here has already led banan dollar projects at b belt a yo That werent that ve stream , I woukit have even kosman she was the Lambert familys oldest daughter .

Their taughter rang out , dripping with mockery .

Alsce quickly intervened saying Enmagh , dont say that Youre all inquity employees , and my sister is technically yotir superior .

Someone scoffed .

Does she even own any shares in the company ? Alice hesitated before carefully responding .

Mom and Dad will give thein to her sooner or later .

In that case , shes not our mperior .

More Laughter followed .

Alice turned to Grace and gently conndested her , Grace , dont take it to heart .

Theyre all tech experts and blunt by mature .

I hope you wont mind .

In any company , senior tech leach were scour strength .

They stayed out of power struggles , but their loyalty could make or break an executives position .

Winning them over meant curing ones foothold Right now , Alice had clearly integrated herself into their circle .

Even this small agricultural le strm project had them these tech experts .

It was obvious that Alice commanded real authority at Lambert Group .

ly following her lead .

And the company had more than Grace had no interest in wasting her time on these trivialities and turned to leave , But the tech leads werent having iL They were highly respected in the company , so how dare the so called eldest daughter of the Lambert family walk away without even acknowledging them ? the she not mualice they could make her life miserable if they wanted to Ms.noveldrama

Grace , whats that supposed to mean ? You look down on us ? Grace paused mid step , impatience flashing in her eyes .

And what id i do ? the videoilly .

A bunch of grown men are standing around gossiping about a young woman .

Does that make you feel powerful ? Youre so used to being dattered at work that youve completely lost touch with reality , havent you ? 1 have no conflicts of interest with any of you , but to me , youre just a bunch of smiNG .

gowany middle aged mum .

Do I owe you my respect Smug and greary .

The words hit like a slap to the face , unuitantly igniting their fury .

You ? Even your father , Quentin , has to treat us with respect .

Who do you think you are ? Grace smirked .

If my father really treats you with such deference , I wonder how hed feat knowing you all a groveling at his daughters feet behind his back .

It might make him a little uncomfortable , dont you think ? I mean , hes not even out of the top seat yet .

Their faces turned sed , then pale .

The truth behind their attitude toward Alice was simple .

First , she was ) Minul .

Second , she was a Lansbert .

Andishicd , her own abdüries were nothing to i man would still be interested in their weary , apng wide waining at home ? At their age , most of them had stay at home wires .

But men had their weaknesses by nature .

Faced with someone like Alice young , attractive , and impeccably put together which m So nutudally , they tonated Alica with eventos e admiration .

edtothank you only slipped up ind i cloth , exposing the coming filth underneath .

only to run straight into Yancey as he walked in .

His expression dickened further , and he had deadly heard everything .

that your words got twisted , but I didnt expect you to be spreading lies about Alice in person too .

What exactly were you implying post How ? Are you saying she has something improper going on wird diese men ? How vile can you be ? Shes your sister ! Who slanders their own sister like this ? Grace was speechleus .

When had she ever said Alice was involved with them ? All she pointed out was that those menővatitinde toward Alice was inappropstate .

That was an enthiely different Tateny was clearly great at twisting her words pointless algements she still had over to thom ve a thousand andern waiting to be processed de initiuedairly yanked spent the rar door , trady to get in .

There was no time for Bui labore she could get in .

Yatory cralded her welat , his anger builing over .

And then you allowed Ale all the way to south without a word just so you could wear her sings people are saying about her nadine me ? No wonder even your own little brother took side .

How is he supposed to hold his head up in public dini for year , kang before Allor mei came into the pictušo .

Alize hatonly reformentis the Lambert family five years ago .

Aralyet Liam deed on her unconditkamally now .