Chapter 41

GRACE'S POV Susan swallowed the liquid in her mouth before speaking. “That's a very long story that I'm sure you're too tired to listen to.” I smacked her leg. “Shorten it.” The order made her widen her eyes and start speaking. “I picked it up when you weren't looking.” “Where? When?” I questioned.“From my room, before we left. I had prepared it before you came over.” I stared hard at her. “You are unbelievable. Here I am, making sure that you won't be too hungover to go to work tomorrow, but you're just thwarting my efforts by drinking more. How can you be so irresponsible and ignorant? It's an effing Tuesday for God's sake! If you wanted to drown in alcohol, you should've picked a weekend and do whatever you want. You're already beefing with your superior and now you want to show up to work still drunk? What is wrong with you?” I don't remember the last time I'd yelled at Susan. She was being absolutely irresponsible and it was annoying me. If anyone had to suffer, it had to

最後更新 : 2026-04-22

Chapter 42

GRACE'S POV The apartment was quiet now, calm too. It was a complete contrast to the chaos of the night.Tomorrow, I'd worry about why Michael still wanted me when Susan was right in front of him. I basically gave her on a platter.I collapsed on the couch, the exhaustion of the day finally creeping in on me. I put my arm over my closed eyes and stayed still for a bit.Right when I was about to drift off, my phone rang from my bag on the floor. I wondered who would be calling me that late. I didn't move immediately, hoping the person would realise it was too late and would stop calling.They didn't. The phone rang the second time, annoyingly so.Sighing tiredly, I slowly sat up. My vision blurred as I opened my eyes. I blinked rapidly to clear the fog. Sniffling, I grabbed my bag from the floor and stuck my hand inside, searching for the ringing device. When my hand found it, it was vibrating. I pulled it out and squinted at the screen. The number calling was a strange number. I fro

最後更新 : 2026-04-24

Chapter 43

GRACE’S POV“Graceeeeeee!”I groaned, pulling the throw pillow over my head.No, o, no, no. Not today, not this morning. Maybe if I ignored her, she'd go away. I stayed silent and hoped she would disappear.“Grace!” She didn't. Gosh, she was persistent.I sat up abruptly, pissed and drained. “What?!” I snapped. My eyes focused immediately, but not without a sharp headache.Susan stood a few feet away from me, looking like a complete disaster. Her hair was everywhere, her eyes were slightly swollen, and her face was scrunched in pain.“I’m dying.” she said, sounding so sure of herself.I blinked at her. “You said that yesterday, you said you saw the light.”“This is different.” she gestured to her body I shut my eyes and opened them. “How?”“I mean it this time.”I sighed and dragged myself out of the couch. It's not like it was so comfortable anyway. “You’re not dying. You’re just hungover.”“I don’t get hangovers.” She sounded like it was something I should know, and by me, I didn't

最後更新 : 2026-04-25

Chapter 44

GRACE’S POVThe moment I stepped out of Susan’s apartment building, reality hit me like a slap I didn’t deserve.I was late, and very late at that. I glanced at my wrist instinctively, forgetting for half a second that I wasn’t wearing a watch. I cursed quietly asI fumbled for my phone instead, checking the time.My heart dropped into my stomach at the sight of the time glaring at me from the phone screen. Even that was mad at me.“Oh my God.” I hastened my steps, almost running. My building was just down the street, thankfully. I still had to shower and dress up, I'd have to leave food till lunchtime.All of this happened because of Susan. She'd promised we would come back safe and early and still come to work without being late or too tired. I honestly don't know what I was thinking when I believed her, because the result was her, extremely hungover, and late, and me, tired and late. And I still wasn't ready to get to work yet.I hurried down the street, my steps quick and uneven a

最後更新 : 2026-04-26

Chapter 45

GRACE’S POVAs the elevator doors closed, I stomped my feet annoyed at the nickname Ethan just threw at me. But the most glaring problem, I was late late.The doors opened and I took a deep breath before stepping out and walking to my office. Tentatively, I opened the door to everyone working silently. They looked towards the door as I walked in and went back to working. I sighed again, walking to my desk. “You're late.” Lana said as I walked past her. “Good morning to you too.” I replied, sitting down and putting my bag down. “You're late.” She repeated, fingers moving rapidly across her keyboard. I nodded. “I can see that, I have the time on my phone.” She paused, stared at me blankly and continued typing. “You left me to present our updates alone.” I groaned, leaning into my seat, hoping it would just swallow me briefly. “Look, I guessed. And I'm sorry, it's just been rough. It won't happen next week. I'll be here, early and ready. Did they ask about me?”She glanced at me a

最後更新 : 2026-04-30

Chapter 46

GRACE'S POV The silence that ensued was cold and very surprising. As everyone stared at Grey, he only looked at us for a brief second, shrugged and then looked back at this computer. I was trying to make total sense of what he said, and I'm sure the others were as well. I looked back at Lana, she looked very pale, like a secret she'd spent a long time keeping had been exposed. “Say what now?” Craig asked, almost yelling.Grey shrugged again, almost like he hadn't just said something very shocking. “Lana? What's he talking about?” Julia asked, turning to look at her. Lana, still pale, looked at all of us. She tried to speak, but ended up stuttering. Then, she cleared her throat, “He's lying, obviously. Why would I do that?” The question was directed to Grey.Grey picked up a pen from his table and started drumming with it, an organised and almost distracting beat. “Because you liked the guy, and wanted him, but he was proving to be difficult to conquer. So, when you found out, you

最後更新 : 2026-05-04

《Ashes to Dawn 》全部章節：第 41 章 - 第 46 章

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46