The lost heiress never forgiven

The Lost Heiress 313

Chapter 313 A Seat at the Table

A few days later, Sierra received a call from the school.

It had been over a month since the incident with Azure, and Capital Academy had finally reached a decision.

It had to be said–Capital Academy was nothing like Northwind University. When something happened to their group, Capital didn’t rush to distance itself. Instead, they did everything they could to protect everyone involved.

Word had it the president of Northwind had been trying to pull strings behind the scenes—if not for that, even Professor Martin might’ve been caught up in the fallout.

The call today was to let them know they’d be resuming classes next week. They’d still be under Professor Martin, just temporarily removed from the national research projects.

To Sierra, this was incredible news. She’d been sure Professor Martin wouldn’t take them back. The fact that everything was staying the same–it was the best possible outcome.

́Everyone else got the news too, and their usually quiet group chat suddenly lit up with excitement.

Sierra couldn’t wait to share the news with Johnathan. She didn’t want to wait for him to come home, so she headed straight to his office.

It was just around lunchtime when she arrived. She’d planned to grab a meal with him–what she hadn’t expected was to find Quinn already there, sitting in his office. And in front of Johnathan was a full spread of homemade dishes–it was obvious Quinn had cooked everything herself.

Seeing Sierra, Quinn greeted her warmly.

You haven’t eaten yet, right? I brought extra today–come eat with

to respond, already pulling

Dora–thank you so much. Dora loves them. She’s been begging to see you. Things have just been

chatting and serving food, leaving Sierra no room to

was still busy with work and hadn’t

Johnathan, Ms. Sierra. He’s been swamped lately. Mr. Wayne handed him some new responsibilities.

too!”

these days and hates ordering takeout. So I made extra food this morning and brought it with me.

was nothing inherently wrong with Quinn’s words, but to Sierra, they landed wrong–sharp

the Wynn family business? She hadn’t heard a single word about it. In that moment, she

planned on eating–he really did have too much work. But once he saw Sierra, he wrapped things up quickly

brings you here all of

a casual reply, “Nothing much. I just got a call.

1/2

7:58 PM

A Seat at the

Finished

Quinn who brought up work–related topics, and the two of

at the table, but Sierra felt completely out of