The lost heiress never forgiven

The Lost Heiress 349

Chapter 349 Hidden Formulas

Sierra gave a wry smile. “Mr. Yaeger, the way you talk sometimes scares me.”

Right now, they were close–deeply entwined in each other’s lives. But what if they had a falling out one day? Would Johnathan turn those same ruthless methods on her?

As if he could hear her thoughts, Johnathan said quietly, “I would never use the same tactics on you that I’ve used on others.”

“… You better remember that,” Sierra replied lightly, trying to turn the moment into a joke before steering them back to the matter at hand. “Besides her staying with the Wynn family, did Quinn do anything else suspicious?”

Johnathan shook his head.

Quinn had come to find him around 8:30 that night. He’d just wrapped up some small talk with guests when he noticed Sierra was missing. Mateo had told him Sierra had gone outside with Quinn. He remembered checking the time right then.

Based on Sierra’s account, she had asked Quinn to come get him right around 8:00. That timeline matched. From that spot in the garden back to the reception hall would take a normal person about thirty minutes.

Plus, Quinn’s reaction when she found Sierra–and her behavior afterward–didn’t seem suspicious in the slightest.

Sierra nodded at his explanation. Deep down, she didn’t want it to be Quinn either.

If it was, Johnathan would be crushed.

“If we can’t pinpoint the person yet, then let’s track the drug,” Sierra said, pulling up a document.

a report she had asked Autumn to help compile

been so shaken she nearly flew over to

this field, both she and

market. I suspect it’s an experimental compound. We might find leads through this

was far more detailed

it, he spotted several key data patterns–ones

they had come from his own

Chapter 349 Hidden Formulas

Sierra asked, sensing the shift in

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visibly shaken. “You’ve seen this compound before? Or… is it something you worked on?” Sierra asked slowly, almost

know anything about the drug itself. But the data— those numbers–they’re from one of

what surprised him was the calm in her gaze. No disappointment.

“Tell me what happened.”

said, “I

That period in his life was messy–he’d created more than a few

was encrypted and sealed.

let out a

feared. When Shane had approached her previously, she’d already begun to suspect Johnathan might’ve done some illegal

sure it was

destroyed everything myself. No one else has the password to access that

why the report had rattled him