The Lost Heiress 194

Chapter 194 New Year, Old Grudges

Sierra followed Lily’s gaze and saw Jonathan rolling up his sweater sleeves, donning an apron, and bustling about in the kitchen like the perfect domestic man. Who could imagine he was the youngest professor with such a homely appearance?

A smile curled at the corners of her mouth as she said, “He really is good to me!”

After dinner, they started discussing the upcoming New Year celebrations.

With just over twenty days left, this would be the last New Year’s Sierra would spend with her grandma, so she wanted to make it lively.

Sierra. Dickson, and Lily discussed the festivities with great enthusiasm, each suggesting different things to do.

Jonathan felt somewhat out of place. From their conversations, he could sense their anticipation and nostalgia for the New

Year.

But for him, the New Year meant trouble, meant having to face countless insincere people at the large family mansion. He felt like he and they were not celebrating the same holiday.

Sierra noticed Jonathan’s silence and waited until Grandma had gone to sleep to ask, “What’s wrong? Don’t you like the New

Year?”

head, “It’s not about liking or disliking; it just

as a kid because it meant I could eat good

was ironic, even gamblers took breaks for the New Year. James had no place to gamble, so naturally, he didn’t

loved sweets. Grandma would secretly buy me some but made a rule that

childhood New Years,

then was tough, she had many memories to cherish; looking back, whether good or bad, they were all part

were your New Years like?”

her to turn the question on him. Images of feigned emotions flashed through his mind, and he felt he had nothing good

a bunch of people getting together and

want to elaborate, and Sierra could guess the scene well enough–many family members, each with their

answer; he had already said he

letting him stay away this long was already

up New Year’s again, only cautioning Jonathan, “You’re tough, but be

you can’t think of him like a normal person. He

his fingers

his place, not trying to coax Sierra Sierra to join him since he knew she needed to stay with

was

New

Jonathan took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and then dialed Mateo’s

on the Goodman

Finished

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