The Lost Heiress 302

Chapter 302 Old Ghosts and Fresh Bruises

The lively atmosphere froze in an instant. No one had expected Shane to show up.

Maddox was the first to react. He quickly stood and greeted him.

“Shane? What brings you here?”

“Weekend’s coming up. A friend invited me out to hang. Thought the air might be cooler this way, so I came. Didn’t expect to run into you guys.”

As he spoke, his gaze slid toward Sierra–then locked directly onto Johnathan.

“Long time no see, Mr. Yaeger.”

“It has been a while, Johnathan said coolly. “Heard you were injured. What, all healed now?”

The air around the group turned weird. Most people didn’t know the full story, but they did. Shane had gotten the beating of his life from Jade–and it definitely had something to do with Johnathan,

But Shane was a hard bastard. He didn’t flinch at the dig. Instead, he smiled and answered, “Good as new. Appreciate your concern. Mr. Yaeger.”

“Hope you don’t forget the pain just ‘cause the scars are gone.” Johnathan said with pointed sarcasm.

Shane chuckled. “No need to worry, Mr. Yaeger. You should probably focus on your own problems. Who knows? One of these days, something of yours might just get taken.”

Til be waiting I’d love to see who thinks they’ve got the balls.”

veiled barbs laced with tension–but neither made a

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He turned to head back but looked over his shoulder at them–pausing

stone–cold sober now. No dazed

his chest back

is he

night out–and then he showed up,

like hanging out anymore, so they all

been prepared–clothes, toiletries,

inside, Johnathan

kiss was feverish, desperate, like he wanted to consume her

too much of it–just figured he’d

She

alcohol buzzing through her system,

make it to the

but that night gave her a whole new definition of

the

Old Ghosts and

+8 Pearls

It drove Sierra crazy.

her until she actually started crying. And once she did, he lost

had completely missed breakfast. When she finally woke up, it

some cold

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