The Lost Heiress 21

Chapter 21 The Idea of Concern

Sierra didn’t answer. She just headed upstairs.

“Stop right there.”

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Bradley’s patience was wearing thin. He had been more than accommodating, yet Sierra remained as distant as ever.

Thinking back to what had happened that morning and Jonathan’s words, he forced himself to stay calm, adjusting his tone to sound almost gentle.

“I’m your brother, Sierra. I care about you. Don’t treat me like the enemy.”

From the floor–to–ceiling window, he had seen the black Maybach parked outside. He had watched as Sierra stepped out of the car.

The windows were tinted, so he couldn’t see who was inside.

It made him uneasy.

Sierra barely had any friends, and she had just gotten out of prison. Who could she possibly know that drove a car like that?

Was someone trying to get information through her?

His voice lowered. “I gave you money, didn’t I? You know what you should and shouldn’t say.”

A warning.

Sierra let out a sharp laugh. “Relax, Mr. Xander. I took your hush money–I won’t talk.”

his

What a joke.

with her response. “That’s not

what, we’re family. We

exactly an outsider, but you shouldn’t rely

Sierra’s expression shifted slightly.

the one who had driven

worried about? That Jonathan would find out about the cover–up? Or that an outsider

wasn’t actually thinking that far. He didn’t know how Sierra and Jonathan had met, but he wanted to cut off any

to mention that part. He

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was going through Bradley’s mind, nor did she care. Her head was throbbing from overworking herself, and

for breakfast and found Denise already there. She

spared her a

body was truly something else. No matter how many times she teetered on the brink of death,

family never failed to fall for

to say something, but in the end, she stayed quiet, as

struggle after switching majors so suddenly, so she

he spoke, the entire Xander family turned to look at Sierra

picked up her fork but

coldly. “So? Am I supposed to be grateful?

always did this–forcing things on her she never

generosity, as if she should be kneeling at their feet,

of twisted

“You-”

guard, momentarily at a

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