The lost heiress never forgiven

The Lost Heiress 256

Chapter 256 Shadows of the Past

Mateo and the others shook their heads. “We don’t know the exact reason. We just know he was in a really bad mood.”

“You know how Jon is. If he doesn’t want to talk about something, no one can make him. Sierra, don’t take it personally–it’s just how he is.”

“But it’s probably something to do with his family.”

The group had already realized how important Sierra was to Jonathan, so they figured it wouldn’t hurt to give her a little insight. “Has he ever told you anything about his family?”

Sierra shook her head. “He’s only mentioned his mother.”

“Right. His relationship with his father is bad. His mom passed away a long time ago, and he used to live with his grandfather. But their family is big, and even though his grandfather favored him, he still had to consider the rest of the family. Do you get what I mean?” Mateo explained quietly.

Strictly speaking, telling Sierra this was overstepping boundaries. If Jonathan found out, he might not be happy about it.

But they had been friends for so many years–they just wanted the best for him.

Sierra had already suspected that Jonathan wasn’t close with his family, so this didn’t surprise her. She nodded. “Thanks for telling me. Don’t worry, I won’t say anything.”

“Wait until he’s ready to tell you himself.”

“Oh, and–next week is his birthday.”

mindful of that

kept his voice low as he

when Jonathan and Maddox came back

turned to Sierra and said, “I work at XX Research Institute. Want to

course, heard of it. Even though it wasn’t her field, it was still the top institution for space research in the country. If she had the

“Would that be allowed?”

like that weren’t easy to

able to, but you? No

it up at work tomorrow and let

“Alright!” Sierra nodded.

casually reminded him, “Don’t make

him. “I’d scam anyone before

found it amusing–so this wasn’t just

conversation flowed naturally, shifting from one topic to another as they ate. The atmosphere

that Mateo and the others had fully accepted her. They treated her as one

friends. This was a new

the

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