Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan) novel Chapter 417

Selene slapped Damien's hand away. However, just as she was about to say something, her phone started ringing—it was a call from Grace.

Selene immediately panicked, but when she noticed the caller ID, she let out a sigh of relief and attempted to answer the call.

Damien quickly snatched the phone away and tossed it aside. After that, he turned her face toward him and began kissing her again.

"Forget the call and focus all your attention on me," he ordered.

When she noticed the call wasn't answered, Grace felt uneasy. She suddenly recalled the complicated situation between Selene and Damien, which gave her an ominous feeling that things might not be so peaceful on their side tonight.

Grace wanted to check in on Selene, but with no one answering her call, she could only send a message instead.

"Are you okay?"

Selene didn't reply until the next day, and it was just a short response. "I'm fine."

With that, Grace truly believed that Selene was fine.

When Sebastian came by, Grace passed him two cartons of fruit.

Sebastian placed the documents on the coffee table.

"Ms. Lambert, Tristan and Daphne are in a relationship. Daphne is madly in love with him right now."

A smile tugged at Grace's lips. Sometimes, she could empathize with why the families in high society cared so much about marrying equals.

At the very least, those wealthy heiresses wouldn't be as foolish as Daphne, trying to expose the Sidler family's secrets.

Grace had arranged a dinner with Ethan as a form of apology. Moreover, she deliberately picked the hotel where Julian would be meeting with a business partner.

She shared the hotel's location with Daphne in full confidence that Daphne would behave as expected.

Grace also brought along a gift Sebastian had helped her buy—a brooch.

Although Ethan never wore them, she only needed the brooch as an apology gift. Any gift of a reasonable value would suffice.

Since last night, she had been pondering what to get as an apology gift. A watch was the first thing she ruled out, as Ethan's watches were worth at least ten million dollars or more, which ran far beyond her budget.

She had only budgeted two million dollars for this. It was enough to buy a high-end, wearable brooch, but if she tried to buy a watch for him with that budget, she would only make a fool out of herself.

She opened the gift box to have a look. Inside was a sapphire-blue brooch, which she was quite satisfied with.

She was prepared to leave when the appointed time approached. However, Sebastian suddenly spoke up. "Ms. Lambert, did you arrange this dinner with Mr. Henderson just last night?"

"Yes. What's wrong?"

Grace turned around and studied Sebastian more closely.

Sebastian had followed Quentin for many years and never made a mistake. He was both resourceful and tactful.

He might have been even more capable than Quentin, but he had always chosen to hide his talents.

His presence was often barely noticeable, which was quite a feat in itself.

"Who was I looking for?" she asked.

"One time, I saw you late at night. You were completely different from how you usually were in the Lambert family. You seemed cold.

"You might've been drunk that night, as you seemed to be somewhat dazed, which resulted in a mysterious air around you. I might've mistaken you for someone else if I didn't know you well enough.

"I suggest you seriously consider working on recovering your memory once the issues in the company settle down."

Sebastian then lowered his gaze.

What he didn't tell her was… back then, she had said she wanted to kill Ethan.

He couldn't say for sure whether it was just drunken nonsense or a terrifying truth.