The lost heiress never forgiven

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

up with that

one knew who he was. He could speak freely there–and that’s where someone took advantage of

him. But the person responsible had

here,” Stone and

this new evidence, they could get

they left, Sierra still couldn’t

thought it

it had been Erwin, she might’ve understood. He’d always been hostile, even though things had improved somewhat. Still, he

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

had briefly

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“He’s not worth it.”

worth wasting sadness

knew how much

I’m worried

the lead Johnathan uncovered,

placed under heavy questioning, and just like

convinced it wouldn’t amount to anything. He figured the professor would catch the mistake. But when it was submitted, the professor missed it–and so

Azure

data had been tampered with, and the errors weren’t

actually felt relieved. Maybe, he thought, it had

expected it would trigger

terrified. And then the others were dragged in–along with