The lost heiress never forgiven

Chapter 301

The Lost Heiress 299

Chapter 299 The Face Behind the Mask

What Sierra feared most was that Azure might be involved.

She prayed with everything she had that it wasn’t true–but reality always had a way of cutting deepest.

When Johnathan hung up the phone, he turned to look at her. That one glance was all it took for Sierra to understand. She let out a bitter laugh.

“It really was… Azure?”

“Yeah, He’s the one who altered the data.” They were in the same lab every day. If Azure wanted to mess with something, it would’ve been easy.

“Why?”

Sierra struggled to accept it. “Was it for money?”

Out of all her seniors, aside from Autumn, Azure had been her favorite. She never imagined he’d do something like this.

“It wasn’t just about money.”

There was something deeper–jealousy.

Azure wasn’t the most naturally gifted. Even those who joined after him, like Autumn and Erwin, had more raw talent.

Still, their abilities only went so far. Professor Martin would scold all of them from time to time.

But everything changed when Sierra showed up.

Professor Martin appreciated her. Most of what he said to her was praise. To motivate the others, he often used Sierra as an example.

The pressure on Azure had already been mounting. He was hoping to stay on and apply for a lecturer position, and Sierra’s presence brought a new kind of stress and threat he hadn’t anticipated.

expected things to spiral this far. He only wanted Professor Martin to scold her–to damage her standing in the professor’s

up with that plan

at a quiet little bar where no one knew who he was. He could

didn’t know who had approached him. But the

from here,” Stone and Maddox

evidence, they could get Draven released and

they left, Sierra still couldn’t process

never thought it

might’ve understood. He’d always been hostile, even

first came up, she’d reviewed her own work. After confirming it, she’d started thinking about who

had briefly suspected

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299 The Face Behind the

Finished

“He’s not worth it.”

worth wasting sadness

also knew how much Sierra cared

I’m worried about the

to the lead Johnathan uncovered, the

questioning, and

would catch the

when Azure

and the errors weren’t subtle. He couldn’t

relieved. Maybe,

would trigger a

taken, he was terrified. And then the

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