The lost heiress never forgiven

The Lost Heiress 288

Chapter 288 Lines That Can’t Be Crossed

Draven shared the progress from his end.

Finished

“The collaboration’s confirmed–we’ll be working together soon. Just a heads–up though, I get a little crazy when I’m deep in research. Don’t let it scare you.”

Sierra gave a light smile. “I’ll believe it when I see it.”

When Johnathan and Maddox returned, they found Sierra deep in conversation with Draven about research. Johnathan felt a bit of relief settle in his chest.

He still didn’t understand why she had reacted so strongly. To him, aside from Autumn’s parents, none of those people had anything to do with her.

But seeing her back to her usual self, he relaxed.

Though it turned out, he’d relaxed too soon.

After that day, Sierra started to distance herself from him. She didn’t disappear completely–she still spoke with him, still acted close–but that old sense of trust, of full emotional reliance, was gone.

He didn’t know what went wrong. So he started looking into the Zach Group layoffs.

It was around this time that his grandfather finally sent word.

He was summoned back to the Wynn estate.

It was their first meeting since Johnathan’s birthday–over two months ago now.

Wynn, the first thing Johnathan noticed was how old the man looked.

and Johnathan instinctively

studied his grandson for a long moment before

not planning to let go? The Zach family’s finished–no longer

felt a flicker of irritation. He didn’t want to have this conversation, but

carefully. “Grandpa, I don’t want to

getting old,” Mr. Wynn sighed. “The way you’re going about things… how do you expect me to

Mr.

you? Can you guarantee you’ll always be there to protect her? That you’ll

changed. Something flickered in his

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the

spent days trying to figure out how to rein in this grandson of

Finished.

the

or total destruction.

The

Wynn

studied everything about Johnathan’s relationship with her, again and

you care about. If hurting others means putting her in danger… is that

getting at.

the moment he pictured Sierra actually getting hurt, the words

said, “They leave Capital City. That’s my bottom

“Alright. I’ll handle it.”