The lost heiress never forgiven

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Chapter 286 The Stranger I Thought I Knew

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The truth was, Jonathan wasn’t really like this–except when it came to anything involving Susie. That’s when something in him always shifted, became more rigid, more extreme.

An uncomfortable silence settled over the office. Maddox and Mateo looked uneasy, unsure whether to stay

or go.

Then Sierra spoke.

“Sorry, can I talk to him alone?”

Maddox and Matco exchanged a glance, then stood and left without a word. As they stepped out, Mateo gave her a quiet warning.

“Sierra, talk it through.”

Sierra nodded. Once the door shut behind them, Jonathan finally spoke.

“You heard what we said? Did it bother you?”

“It did.” Sierra looked up at him. He was still the Jonathan she knew, the one she cared about. But what he said earlier… that felt like someone else entirely.

“Sierra, business is war. We’re not a shelter. This fight with the Zach Group–it’s costing us too. We can’t afford to carry their people on our backs.”

He was trying to explain.

“I know that,” Sierra said. She did. She had never expected Jonathan to take responsibility for every employee the Zach Group had laid off.

“Then why are you upset?” he asked, frowning.

Why?

felt

a moment to find

what you said back there didn’t

expected his willingness to help would only be for

to understand what she was getting at. He let

“Sierra, I’m a businessman.”

everything from

who lectures on campus. He’s the CEO. This company was built by the few of us from the ground up. I own the majority, yes, but they have

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Jonathan really cared about shareholders, he wouldn’t have come after the Zach Group so aggressively

bring herself to say

realized she didn’t really

the worst of the world.

good at playing

he was

a CEO, he was

as a mercenary too–efficient, detached, capable of killing without a second

between roles without missing

had always thought she

she wasn’t so

surfaced in her

warm, was that real? Or was it just

She stayed silent.

once those words left her mouth, something between them might

Finally, she spoke again.

“Do you remember Autumn?”

She’s Professor Martin’s

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