Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan) novel Chapter 408

Daphne looked smugly at Grace. It was as if she was gloating that as long as she was here, this project wouldn't succeed.

Grace put down the glass in her hand and smiled calmly. "I left Palm Bay two nights ago, and Mr. Henderson didn't do anything to me."

Daphne was so angry that she got up abruptly. "What do you mean? Palm Bay is not a place someone like you can go. You're not even putting effort into your lies."

Grace could tell that Tristan really lacked a mind of his own—he was easily swayed by just a few words from Daphne. It seemed like he truly had someone backing him to get this position.

Her lips curved into a smile as she leaned back. "If you're wondering whether I lied, you can just call Mr. Henderson and ask him."

Daphne's face instantly reddened. She gritted her teeth angrily and then tightened her grip on Tristan's arm. "Let's go, Tris. Don't do business with this woman, or else people will gossip about you. Don't you hate being talked about the most?"

Tristian, who had tried to maintain his composure earlier on, instantly changed his expression upon hearing those words. He became uneasy and quickly got up.

"Ms. Lambert, let's talk about this another day," he said.

Before Grace could speak, Tristan grabbed his suit from the side and hurriedly left.

Daphne stood there and made a face at Grace. "Serves you right, Grace. I'll make sure you don't close a single deal. Just you wait."

Grace frowned. Once Sebastian and she were alone in the private room, she asked, "Why does Tristan seem so indecisive? What's his relationship with the Sidler family?"

Sebastian adjusted his glasses and replied, "As you know, the Sidler family has strict family rules, and most of them are involved in politics. That means there can't be any illegitimate children in any generation.

"Tristan is most likely the illegitimate child of someone in the Sidler family, and his identity has been kept a secret due to those rules."

There were plenty of dirty secrets like this in wealthy families. Tristan's current position wasn't very high—his so-called father probably arranged it.

Although Julian grew up in a strict family, he was said to have been sent to the border area when he was young. The border area between Eldoria and Nalathe was hardly a pleasant place—both men and women there were subjected to beatings.

This project was very important to the Lambert family. The Lambert family lost many partners and had a poor reputation.

They could only rely on the collaboration with the government to restore some of their reputation, so that their future path would be much smoother.

This project was neither too big nor too small, so they didn't have to compete with those large companies.

However, she was concerned about working with the indecisive Tristan. If he heard any rumors before the project started, he might suddenly call it off, which would ultimately do more harm than benefit.

She tapped her fingertips on the table, then smiled. "Let's go. Let's head back first."

When Sebastian saw her smile like that, he knew she had a plan.