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.

asked.

no choice but

Johnathan just laughed–angrily.

asked, you

mess with us.” Sierra clearly didn’t take Shane’s so–called confession seriously. To her,

respond. He just looked

they’d be targeted–unless they had someone protecting them.

been going on for years. Kason was just the boldest and most disgusting of them all. Before him, people

had been protecting Sierra all along. It wasn’t

might’ve had the reach–and

wasn’t about to defend another man in

a death wish. Even now, knowing who Johnathan was and what Sierra meant to

City got

Johnathan said. “Leave it to me. He won’t bother

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it going

“No.”

was enough for Sierra. She didn’t

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could be. If she kept asking, she’d just be inviting a

whole thing

had clearly overestimated his

did keep his word–not a single visible mark.

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