Chapter 165
Yancey told Grace that she hated Ethan, but why would she hate him?
Trying to solve all these mysteries had tired her out. She rested her head on the pile of documents, and it didn’t take long for her to fall asleep.
She had a dream where she heard children crying and a man’s voice interrogating
someone.
The dream was chaotic-it felt like a strange fever dream.
She couldn’t see clearly. All she remembered was a pair of deep, penetrating eyes staring at her.
Her heart clenched sharply, and she woke up feeling utterly drained.
When she lifted her head, she saw Jodie and Ethan in front of her.
As usual, Jodie was clinging to Ethan, as if she wanted to glue herself to him.
Ethan had always been polite and kept his distance from other women, but he seemed to be more indulgent toward Jodie.
Jodie deliberately let out two cold scoffs as she walked past Grace’s desk.
Grace pretended not to hear her and was about to start writing her report. Just then, a cup of water was splashed onto the documents before her.
It was Jodie who came back to taunt her. She leaned her elbow on the desk, her eyes filled with smug satisfaction.
“Hey, I want to tell you something. My brother went to try on wedding outfits with Alice today. The two of them looked so sweet together.
“I saw you napping just now. Have you been crying for days because of it?”
Grace was already in a bad mood from the dream earlier, and seeing the mess on her desk only made it worse.
Yet, Jodie remained oblivious to how Grace was feeling. She even grabbed the document that was on top, causing the water to seep into the entire stack.
Grace lifted her gaze, grabbed the documents, and slammed them over Jodie’s head.
Jodie was stunned and stood there frozen for a few seconds.
Water droplets began rolling down her cheeks, and she immediately started tearing up as she had suffered the greatest humiliation.
“Do you have any idea who I am? How dare you treat me like this?”
With that, she ran toward Ethan’s office. It was clear she was going to complain about Grace.
Grace wasn’t just going to stand around and wait for that to happen. She then stepped into the elevator and left Henderson Group right away.
She didn’t know how furious Ethan would be, but she needed some alone time to calm down.
She sat on a bench not far from the company and opened up a bottle of mineral water to catch her breath. That was when she saw Yancey’s car passing by.
The window rolled down in front of her, revealing Alice, elegantly dressed.
Alice was very surprised, but her words were laced with veiled mockery. “Hey, Grace! Why are you sitting out here during work hours? Did you get fired?”
Grace’s mood soured even further.
She even thought Alice might be right; if Jodie did end up
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complaining about Grace, she really might get fired. Nothing seemed to be going right today.
Alice’s eyes gleamed with amusement. She had long predicted that with Grace’s capabilities, she wouldn’t last long at Henderson Group anyway.
She looked at the huge skyscraper in the distance-Ethan was inside.
Ever since his return from overseas, Alice rarely ran into him, only hearing about
him occasionally at social gatherings.
She felt a surge of excitement in her chest until Yancey’s voice snapped her back to reality.
“What are you thinking about?”
Alice instantly felt guilty and didn’t dare to reveal her true thoughts. But she knew that she would still have chance as long as she married into the Henderson family.
Right now Yancey wasn’t fully committed to his relationship with her. It was only natural for Alice to set her goals higher for someone as distinguished as Ethan. AftePall, people always strived for more.
“Grace, we just finished trying on wedding outfits and were heading back to the Lambert residence. Do you want a ride? I can have Yancey drive you there.”
Grace pulled open the backseat door without hesitation.
Since they were the ones who invited her, she would gladly accept the invitation just to irritate them.