The Lost Heiress 272

Chapter 272 The Knife and the Calm

When Johnathan got home, Sierra wasn’t there. He was about to call her when the door opened.

“What do you want for dinner?”

She said it like nothing had happened, walking in and heading to her room to change.

Johnathan didn’t ask where she’d been. He just rolled up his sleeves and went straight into the kitchen. Sierra followed to help, moving quietly beside him.

It didn’t take him long to notice something was off.

“What’s wrong?”

Sierra hesitated for half a second. Then said plainly, “Jose came to see me today.”

The moment the words left her mouth, Johnathan’s whole face darkened.

“What did he say to you?”

Sierra didn’t sugarcoat it. She gave him the basics–what Jose had said, how he offered to leave if Johnathan returned to the family.

Johnathan let out a short, cold laugh. “He said he’d leave?”

He sneered. “Did he say anything about Susie?”

He always found it funny how they were willing to be noble only when it suited them. If Jose really wanted to avoid conflict- why show up in the first place?

“He said he couldn’t speak for his mother. Just that… she loves your father very much.”

The knife in Johnathan’s hand paused mid–chop.

Sierra reached over quickly, placing a hand on his arm. “Easy. You’ll crack the cutting board.”

a way of grounding him, always

at her. “Do you

“I believe you.”

was calm, steady. “He’s a stranger to

tell Johnathan to accept him. Maybe Jose was innocent. But Johnathan had lost so

the knife from his hand and kept cutting, her voice still

right to you. He came to me to say

in Johnathan’s

as they act,” he

friends. No one who actually cared about her could’ve done what Susie

Wynn family again. Sierra shifted

doing great. Got a few new friends, grades are on

back this weekend, we’ll make something

bring up

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The Knife

on his plate–she didn’t want to add

clearly wasn’t

Finished

Sierra saw him on campus–standing with school leadership, apparently visiting the research building. He looked right

school was talking about? Didn’t expect him to be

her gaze–and

Shane.

Her face turned cold.

look human, but they’re worse

never cared

sharpness in her voice made everyone around her look up in surprise. This wasn’t the calm, polite

to.

“Wait… you

back to her work, tone clipped.

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