The lost heiress never forgiven

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 doesn’t

the New Year as a kid because it meant I could eat good food and, more likely than not, avoid getting beaten for a

had no place to gamble, so naturally, he didn’t lose money, and their home was unusually

secretly buy me some but made a rule that I could only eat a few

her childhood New

many memories to cherish; looking back, whether good or bad,

What were your New Years like?”

to her talk about her childhood celebrations and hadn’t expected her to turn the question

“My New Years were boring–just a bunch of people getting together and putting on a

and Sierra could guess the scene well enough–many family members, each with their own. agendas. She didn’t press

he had already said

him stay

only cautioning Jonathan,

a madman; you can’t think of him like a normal person. He might do

fingers gently pinching Sierra’s

Sierra mentioned Shane. After talking a bit more, Jonathan returned to his place, not trying to coax Sierra Sierra to join him since he knew she needed to

was developing

New Year,

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

Goodman family lunatic

Finished