Regret Came Too Late (Grace and Ethan)

Grace paused for a brief moment before she addressed her politely. "Mrs. Lambert."

Even until today, she was still not willing to call her 'Mom'.

Carmen stiffened. In that instance, she looked like it had aged a few decades.

It was never her intention to come here and give Grace a piece of her mind. The feelings she had toward Grace were complicated.

She used to hate her guts and wanted nothing more than to have her kicked out of the Lambert family. But so many things had happened to them. Her attitude toward had long shifted.

In recent times, she had also been dwelling in solitude with only the religious teachings as her guiding lamp, which made her realize how terribly wrong she had been.

Somehow, she did not really feel like meeting Grace.

But she had to for the child's sake.

Slowly, she sat down. She was on the verge of a breakdown. "After all, this is the first grandchild of the Lambert family.

"Why don't we keep the baby? It's not like our family isn't able to afford it. I still have some gold at the bank. If it's really impossible="

Before she could even finish her sentence, Grace cut in by saying, "Andrea approached Liam on purpose. Now that you know the truth, would you still want to keep the baby? Mrs. Lambert, Liam, I'll make myself clear today.

"If the two of you insist on keeping the baby, I'll allow it. But just know that if Andrea does anything to cross me in the future, I will not show her any mercy at all."

Andrea's plot was clear as day. She wanted to use this baby as an excuse to manipulate Liam.

Liam scurried to raise his hand and swore, "Grace, I will never let this child cause you any suffering. Can you put your faith in me?

"Please believe me one last time. You're the one I care about most. If I dare to even break this promise, I will die a miserable death!"

He fell to his knees and inched toward Grace, carefully wrapping his arms around her leg.

"I know that I have done things to make your life hard, Grace, but I didn't want it either. I swear. You have no idea how much I wish time would pass by slower so I can become stronger faster and not be someone so dependent."

In between the snobs and sniffles, he continued, "If I made Andrea

remove her child, I wouldn't be able to face Dad next time. The first lesson he taught me was to be a good and responsible man. Itwas also the only lesson that got into my head.

"Please just believe me this one more time, Grace. I'll hold Andrea back so that

she won't act up in front of you."

Andrea wanted to retort, but she held herself back.

As long as Grace allowed her to let her keep the child, she was confident that she could have this family wrapped around her finger.

She snorted internally. The baby would become like royalty in this family, and

Grace would have no choice but to regard her with deference.

Carmen was torn to see Liam like this, but she did not dare to speak up.

She did not even look at Grace.

Grace was not in a hurry to give Liam an answer either. She was waiting for Carmen to make a promise.

It was like a game of tug of war.

It took a while before Carmen finally sighed. "promise you. If Andrea and her child gives you any discomfort in the future, you're allowed to do whatever you want.

"I will not stick my nose into it. Gr-Grace, I'm not young anymore-I can't bear to have my heart hardened."

Grace took a deep breath before slowly closing her eyes. She spoke only after a few minutes had passed. "Get up."

She said it to Liam.

Immediately, he wiped his tears away and scrambled to get up, throwing his arms around her right away.

"Thank you, Grace. Thank you so much. You'll forever be the most important person in my life!"

Grace took a napkin out of her bag. With his pleading face staring back at hers, it actually made her reflect deeply.

She had to admit that she was the one to blame for not having handled Andrea better.

Liam took the napkin from Grace and wiped his face in a haphazard fashion. With a wide grin on his face, he said, "So it's set. On my 20th birthday, you'll come get me out of here, and we'll go meet your boyfriend, okay?" noveldrama