Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan) novel Chapter 81

Yancey felt like he was frozen in place. The most powerful person in the entire Henderson family was Ethan.

But thankfully, even fate didn't allow Ethan to be too perfect. The fact that his legs were crippled allowed everyone else to breathe a sigh of relief.

Ever since they were young, everyone in the family had been living under Ethan's shadow.

They were all of a similar age, so why was Ethan just better at everything? Why did everyone feel like they were of a lower status than Ethan?

Lily was right. If Grace was already acting this arrogantly now, then wouldn't he be completely embarrassed by her after she married into the family?

Yancey couldn't allow Ethan to use that against him. At the very least, he should fix Grace's attitude first.

He looked up and noticed that Grace was already gone.

Beside him, Alice was practically beaming with joy. Hendricks was not a good person. Even back in school, Hendricks had gotten some female classmates pregnant. How could he possibly behave himself when he was in the same room as Grace?

Grace was about to be ruined.

It served her right.

Alice was trembling with excitement. If Yancey and Lily weren't nearby, she would have rushed upstairs to eavesdrop. She needed to confirm that Grace had been defiled before she would dare to spread the news everywhere. She would make sure that bitch's reputation was completely destroyed.

Upstairs, Grace didn't bother calling for help when she was dragged into the room. She knew that no one would save her.

The moment the bodyguards shoved her inside, Hendricks immediately locked the door behind her.

There was a wicked grin on his face. "Grace, I bet you didn't expect this. Yancey actually stood and watched as another man took you away. It really serves you right. I told you not to be such a suck-up."

Hendricks lunged at Grace impatiently as his face lit up with excitement.

Grace dodged to the side.

He missed her, but it only caused him to feel like she was playing hard to get. "You should stop struggling. Didn't you hear my sister? It's not too bad to become her sister-in-law. Hurry up and strip."

Grace was slowly inching toward the window. She had nowhere else to escape. She glanced at a nearby vase, but after she smashed one on Hendricks last time, he was already on guard around her.

Hendricks lunged over. "Grace, if I don't sleep with you tonight, then I can't call myself a man!"

But before he could reach her, Grace stepped onto the windowsill. They were on the third floor, so it would be no small matter if she jumped.

"Grace, you…" But before Hendricks could finish, Grace shot him a cold look and jumped.

There was a thick hedge below. The branches scratched her face, and she twisted her ankle on impact.

But she didn't have the time to dwell on it. With how Lily was acting today, there would be people coming after her very soon.

For a brief moment, Grace was worried that Ethan would hand her over. After all, she still didn't fully understand what Ethan thought of her. In fact, he was Yancey's family.

But Ethan didn't even glance outside. Instead, he looked toward the front seat and said to Tim, "Drive."

The car sped off instantly, leaving the bodyguards behind.

Grace let out a sigh of relief as she leaned against the seat.

As she looked down at her swollen ankle, Ethan asked, "How did things end up like this?"

Well, even Grace didn't know the answer to that.

Maybe Lily thought she could do whatever she wanted because Grace didn't have anyone behind her.

Her nose stung, and when she lifted her head, she realized that her whole face was wet.

Ethan put down his book and asked after a few minutes, "Was it because you called off the engagement?"

If she was going to cry so hard over it, then maybe she shouldn't have broken off the engagement. So, she was still the same Grace who was hopelessly in love with Yancey.

Ethan's fingers curled slightly as his grip on the book tightened.