NovelOnlineChapter 142 Chapter 142 After Grace finished one of the desserts, Ethan slid the revised document across to her. The point he had marked was already highlighted. Grace reached out to take it, but her fingertips accidentally brushed against his. The document slipped from her hand and landed on the desk. She was slightly taken aback, but Ethan was already looking down, absorbed in whatever he was scribbling with his pen.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtGrace assumed he was too busy to notice, so she simply picked up the document from the desk. "T'll head out now, Mr. Henderson," she said. "Mhm." Just as she was about to leave the office, he suddenly said, "There's a social gathering at 7:00 pm tonight." Grace immediately understood his meaning. "Got it. I'l go with you." She then shut the office door behind her and returned to her desk.
She had expected the day to pass quietly from then on, but Yancey appeared just as it was nearing the end of the workday. His face looked grim, and his energy seemed low. He stood beside her desk in silence before speaking hoarsely. "Liam's waiting for you downstairs. He's been there all day." Grace frowned, stood up, and walked toward the elevator while Yancey followed closely behind. When they reached the ground ---- floor, she spotted Liam right away.
He was holding a cigarette between his fingers. Once he saw her, he quickly snuffed it out. Grace smacked his head. "How are you already picking up bad habits at this age?" "['ve just been feeling alittle stressed. Can you cwithto the shop next door? I'll only take ten minutes of your time." Grace wasn't the type to hold grudges against her younger brother, so she went with him. No one called out to Yancey, but he still trailed after them. 'They sat down in the nearby coffee shop.
Liam ordered a dessert and slid it across the table toward her. Yancey sat beside Grace and shamelessly ordered one for himself too. Grace didn't pay him any mind. She didn't own the coffee shop, so he could sit wherever he liked. She had just had dessert in Ethan's office earlier, and with her strict standards for her figure, she wasn't in the mood for another. Instead, she cut straight to the point. "Alright, what's the matter? Why did you cto find me?" Liam hesitated, fumbling for words for a whole minute. Grace quickly guessed that it was probably related to Alice. She couldn't help but find it amusing. She picked up her iced coffee and sipped on it, the bitterness spreading across her tongue. "So, are you here to try to convinceto say that the recording was my doing? What is it this time? Is Alice throwing another tantrum at home?" Liam felt as if he had just been slapped hard across the face.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBut ---- how could he just stand there and do nothing after hearing about Alice's troubles? "Grace... Alice has actually been seeing a therapist." Grace raised an eyebrow. "Is it because of me?" Liam stammered, "I-It's because of you. Her adoptive parents have been awful to her, and Mom's been crying every day recently. Grace, the family will make it up to you." Grace took a deep breath and set her cup down.
"So, the whole fake pregnancy thing and the frame-up is just going to be brushed aside, right? She really does have it easy with all of you supporting her. She gets to walk all over me, using my nto craft her perfect little image while disappearing to let you all take the hits. You've really letdown, Liam." A flicker of panic flashed across Liam's eyes, and he suddenly stood up. "Grace, do you think I want this? I just want everyone to be okay!
Alice has psychological issues, so why can't we give her a little leeway? And don't you feel any guilt? She wouldn't have been taken away if it on weren't for you back then!" The more Liam spoke, the more frantic he became, his words tumbling over each other. "Do you remember the tbefore she was abducted? You were a sickly child, always in and out of the hospital. Only the doctor could see you.
I couldn't even visit you, but Alice would sneak in to bring you food." His voice cracked, and his eyes welled is up with tears, "Back then, everything was so good between us. I just don't understand how it all ended up like this." Grace sat across from him, watching his tears fall onto the table ----- with a soft plink.
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