Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan) novel Chapter 481

For a full minute, the hospital ward remained deathly quiet.

At that moment, Jordan was the first to move. He gently guided Jodie back onto the bed with a voice full of paternal warmth.

"Your forehead's bleeding. What good does this kind of impulsiveness do? Look at your uncle's face."

Jodie had made her way over on sheer adrenaline alone, and now that the rush had passed, she finally turned to look at Ethan.

Ethan stayed true to his nature. Even after such accusations, he sat in his wheelchair with effortless calm as though entirely untouched by the storm around him.

Instead, Jodie's heart was pounding in her chest as clarity slowly returned. She remembered he once told her that as long as she behaved herself, he would protect her forever. Had she crossed the line?

Her gaze dropped to her injured limbs, and her eyes welled up once more.

"Grandpa, I don't care. Please… you must seek justice for me!" she cried.

Lying back on the bed, the pain in her body was nothing compared to the ache in her heart. She loved Ethan more than anyone else. Yet here they were, on opposite sides of a chasm neither seemed to have any desire to bridge.

Why Grace?

Why was it always her?

Her teeth sank deeply into her lower lip, drawing blood as her voice thickened with anger. "Uncle Ethan, you like Grace, don't you? Are you so afraid that you can't even admit it? What kind of pathetic love is that?"

The moment she said that, Tim snapped, "Ms. Henderson!"

Jodie's eyes widened to an alarming degree, the last trace of sanity flickering before she plunged into complete madness.

"Am I wrong? Maybe the reason she has never loved you back is because you've buried your feelings so deep that no one can ever see them. That's why you lost her to my brother!

"If you had been brave enough to confess back then, maybe she would've chosen you! But no—you were so damn restrained, so proud, so twisted in your emotions. No wonder she didn't choose you!"

After her outburst, the world seemed to fall into absolute silence. It was so still that Jodie could hear nothing but the pounding of her own heart.

Her cheeks flushed with agitation, but she didn't dare to look at Ethan.

Jordan raised his hand and gently patted her head, saying, "Focus on your recovery, Jodie."

Still avoiding Ethan's gaze, Jodie pressed on, desperately clinging to the last of her pride with every ounce of strength she had.

"You'll seek justice for me, right, Grandpa? Look what she did to my hands and legs! You can't possibly let Grace walk away unscathed. Will someone even marry me like this? My life is ruined. If even you take her side… I swear, I will jump off this building."

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