Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan)

Grace had made plans with Yasmine to meet up today. She then remembered how Simon threatened her to bring him along if she was meeting with Yasmine.

So, she reluctantly called him but was surprised that Simon was a willing participant this time—he arrived at her apartment complex in less than half an hour.

Grace's car was still being serviced, so she could only knock on his car window. "Mr. Yule, could you give me a ride there?"

She wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but Simon seemed to have dressed nicely today.

Simon let out a cold sneer and jerked his chin, signaling her to get in.

Fully aware of her position, Grace sat in the back seat instead of the passenger seat. The car suddenly sped off, almost causing her face to slam into the back of the front seat.

Simon let out another sneer. "Don't smudge your makeup onto my car."

Grace had a headache just listening to him. She really hoped Simon would fall so hard for a woman that he would lose all that smug CEO pride and become a hopeless little puppy-now that would be perfect.

She couldn't help but laugh just thinking about it.

Simon had slammed the brakes just to mess with her, and he got a little confused when he heard her laughter. "What are you laughing at?"

Grace quickly wiped the smile off her face. "It's nothing."

The car drove smoothly to the place where Grace had arranged to meet Yasmine. Yasmine was already sitting by the window. She was a bit surprised when she saw them coming in together.

Simon slightly raised his eyebrows and directly sat across her. "What a coincidence."

He had initially thought Yasmine's expression would quickly change. Unexpectedly, only a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes before she gave him a polite smile. "Mr. Yule, nice to meet you."noveldrama

When he heard her polite greeting, Simon felt his chest tighten with anger. Sitting beside him, Grace made some small talk with Yasmine before talking about her investment process.

Because of Simon, Grace didn't mention anything specific until Yasmine said, "Those two artists have already arrived. Grace, do you want to have a look? Both of them really have potential, to me at least."

Grace nodded and got up. She turned to Simon, who hadn't been talking a lot the whole time. "Mr. Yule, why don't you leave first?"

There was no way Simon would leave right now since he would finally know where Yasmine was working.

Yasmine's gaze also turned to him at this moment. She had been very polite and reserved the whole time with him. "Mr. Yule, do you also want to go have a look?"

Simon shrugged. "Someone in Ms. Evans' studio might catch my eye."

He purposely made those words sound a bit flirtatious, but Yasmine just showed a smile. "Sure, that would be their luck."

Simon's expression darkened as he closed his mouth, unable to respond.

All three of them walked out of the place in silence. Grace could feel the thick atmosphere around them and thought Yasmine was the only one who was truly unbothered and carefree.

Yasmine opened her car door. "Grace, why don't you ride in the same car with me?"

Grace nodded and instinctively went in the car. However, Simon roughly pulled her out of the vehicle.

Simon threw his car keys at her. "Use my car to go there."

Grace was a bit dazed as she stared at the car keys in her hand. But Simon had already sat in the passenger seat and swiftly closed the door.

Grace then turned to Yasmine.

Yasmine's expression remained calm as she smiled at Grace. "I'll send you the location. See you later."

Grace could only nod. She was sure something had happened between them.

When Yasmine got into the car, her attitude immediately turned cold. "Mr. Yule, did you come here because of me?"

Over in the passenger side, Simon let out a cold laugh when he heard it. "You? Seriously? Aren't you the one who said we're over? I'm here purely because of Grace."

A hint of surprise flashed across Yasmine's eyes before it was replaced with confidence. "So, the person that Mr. Yule likes is Grace."

Simon immediately felt like throwing up-the Yule family and Grace were enemies. He would rather like a

beggar than like Grace. Still, he could

only grit his teeth and admit it fo

make Yasmine angry at this moment.

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Yasmine started the engine and was about to step on the accelerator when she heard him say, "Yasmine it's not easy to be in the

entertainment industry. Sometimes, having someone to lean on iseasier than fighting alone. Haven't you thought about it?"

With a frown on her face, Yasmine looked at Simon hesitantly. "Mr. Yule, what are

you trying to say?"

Disgruntled, Simon's Adam's apple

bobbed as he looked at her unfazed

expression. He couldn't believe she

wasn't affected at all when he

mentioned his reason for coming here was because of Grace.

He didn't understand how she could be so calm with someone she had gone to bed with multiple times. He kept wondering if he hadn't satisfied her in bed.

Simon had never faced defeat like this before in his life, so he couldn't help but become stubborn.

"You keep calling me Mr. Yule. Do you know who I am?" he questioned.

After all, not just anyone here at Druville could be called "Mr. Yule". Yasmine started her car, her tone even more indifferent than before. "I don't know, and I don't need to know. This was the rule we agreed on when we started sleeping together."

Simon was so angry that his scalp prickled. He had laid the rules himself, but he just never thought she would actually follow them.

Now, he was fuming.