The lost heiress never forgiven

The Lost Heiress 278

Chapter 278 No Room to Negotiate

Johnathan paused, then let out a quiet laugh.

“You’ve learned how to play the game, huh?”

He had asked her a direct question about Shane, but she’d changed the subject and brought up last night instead–using guilt to shift the balance in her favor. It was a clever negotiating move.

Caught red–handed, Sierra looked away a little guiltily, but she still didn’t budge. “Promise me first.”

Johnathan tapped his fingers rhythmically on the steering wheel. Negotiating with her was new, and honestly kind of funny, He played along.

“The second thing? Sure. But the first one? No.”

Sierra opened her mouth to argue, but he cut her off. “Not even if I’m dead”

So that was a hard no,

She pressed her lips together. “Then no separate rooms–but you’re not allowed to do what you did last night again. That’s my bottom line. Non–negotiable.”

She threw his own words back at him, which made Johnathan laugh despite himself. He’d been irritated about the whole Shane situation, but that little deflection actually made the frustration ease off a bit.

“Alright, I agree. Now can we talk about Shane?”

She knew there was no dodging it, but at least the fire in his eyes had cooled. She took a breath and told him about Shane’s last visit to the university.

She left out the part about the flowers, but Johnathan wasn’t fooled.

that?” he asked. “He didn’t reach out

but to tell

Johnathan just laughed–angrily.

if I hadn’t asked, you

insane. He only did it to mess with us.” Sierra clearly didn’t take Shane’s so–called confession seriously. To her, it was just

didn’t respond. He just looked

a hint of attractiveness, they’d be targeted–unless they had someone protecting them. Sierra had been

it wasn’t just recent. Maddox had dug up records showing this kind of thing had been going on for years. Kason was

powerful had been protecting Sierra all

might’ve had the reach–and the twisted enough logic–to do it, was

her any of this. He wasn’t about to defend another

Shane clearly had a death wish. Even now, knowing who Johnathan was and what Sierra meant to him, he

Capital City got weird when

got it,” Johnathan said. “Leave it

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it going to cause

“No.”

was enough for Sierra. She didn’t

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she knew how petty he could be. If she kept asking, she’d just be inviting a fresh wave

the whole thing was handled. Neatly.

had clearly

a single visible mark. But the invisible