Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 100

And Grace, with no makeup on, wearing a simple t-shirt and jeans, was looking at him from the side.

Her gaze was as gentle as a spring lake, filled with trust, admiration, and an undisguised love.

Ethan's finger traced over her smiling face in the photo.

His heart felt like it was being squeezed by an invisible hand.

The pain was so intense he could barely breathe.

Everything he had deliberately forgotten, everything he had chosen to ignore, now came rushing back like a flood.

In the early days of his business, when money was tightest, it was Grace who had silently given him the twenty thousand dollar scholarship her mentor had awarded her, without even blinking.

She had said, "Your dream is my dream, too."

When his company's first project hit a technical roadblock and everyone was stumped, it was Grace—the woman he called a bookworm who only knew how to study—who had stayed up for three straight nights, poring over foreign literature and organizing data to find a solution.

She had said, "Don't worry, you're not alone."

When he was forced to drink until he had stomach bleeding at a dinner to win over an important client, it was Grace who had stayed by his side at the hospital for a week, never leaving.

Her eyes were red, but she said nothing, silently making him his favorite soup.

Even his company's most important early contact, the eccentric Mr. Whitman, was someone Grace had helped him connect with through her professor's network.

He had always believed he'd gotten where he was through his own skill and ability.

But looking back now, he saw her shadow in every step of his career.

She was like the air, silently supporting everything he did, so much so that he grew accustomed to it… and forgot she was even there.

He had taken her sacrifices for granted.

He had mistaken her devotion for having ulterior motives.

He had taken everything from her, and then, when she needed him most, he dealt her the cruelest blow.

Ring—!

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