The lost heiress never forgiven

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.”

was his idea

What a joke.

with her response. “That’s not what

We should handle our

exactly an outsider, but you shouldn’t rely on him too much.

Sierra’s expression shifted slightly.

Jonathan was the

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

He didn’t know how Sierra and Jonathan had met, but he wanted to cut off any possibility before it grew into something troublesome–especially

mention that part. He figured Sierra wouldn’t want to hear

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throbbing from overworking herself, and she had no energy to waste on him. Without another

already there. She

a

No matter how many times she teetered on the brink of death, she

family never failed to fall for it

wanted to say something, but in the end, she stayed quiet, as if afraid of

had no such reservations. “Denny was worried you’d struggle after switching majors so suddenly, so she personally asked some of the top sophomores to

family turned to

had just picked up her fork but suddenly

supposed

she never wanted, then expecting her to bow down in

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

twisted

“You-”

caught off guard, momentarily at a loss