The lost heiress never forgiven

Chapter 369 The Rift Deepens

The past was the past–there was no going back. Whether Johnathan regretted it or not didn’t matter anymore.

What mattered was what came next.

He exhaled quietly, then turned to the professor. “I’d like you to suspend the experiment for

now.”

That put Martin in a tough spot.

He’d already entrusted the entire project to Sierra. If she insisted on moving forward, he couldn’t stop her–just like yesterday, when she’d locked down all the data without hesitation.

“If your girl’s upset, fix it yourself,” the professor said bluntly. “And let me remind you–you’re the one who screwed up. Why should Sierra be the one to

pay for it?

“She’s been busting her ass on this project. It’s finally showing results, and now you want her to walk away from it? Even if she agreed to that, what about her seniors?”

He gave Johnathan a sharp look. “I know you don’t care about stuff like this, but Sierra does. She really respects them.”

Johnathan’s jaw tightened, but he said nothing.

“Let’s hope nothing’s gone wrong,” Martin muttered.

Just then, Mateo’s voice rang out. “Cloud’s clean. No signs of intrusion. I also added a few extra layers of protection.”

Everyone let out a breath of relief.

Autumn glanced between Johnathan and Sierra, then cautiously asked, “So… can we keep going?”

All eyes turned to Sierra, waiting for her decision,

Even Johnathan was watching her closely.

keep going. We’ve found

wave of quiet joy

glance at Johnathan–he looked calm. No

had no reason to stick around. He looked toward Johnathan, who, however, had

Johnathan wasn’t surprised

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softly, “can we talk for

whole office

knew something had

Professor Martin gave a dry cough and ushered

say. Her emotions were still

in her life, she didn’t want

Finished

to keep working on this, I won’t stop you. I’ll do my best

only thing he

lips parted slightly–but she didn’t respond. And that silence put a knot in his

coldness made him feel uneasy in a way he’d never

Johnathan was thinking clearer now. He’d had all night to reflect. He knew he couldn’t

himself to

few more days, go ahead,”

said it, he kept watching her

enough, her

didn’t dare press further. Disappointed but composed, he quietly

out did Sierra finally

you at home“-had hit her harder than

truly had a

really had started to think

still needed time to

hadn’t dared

Johnathan walk out alone, his stomach dropped. Yikes.

Beard fab before but never