The lost heiress never forgiven

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Chapter 393 Tension Beneath the Surface

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Sierra went over her memories again. There was, in fact, an upcoming collaboration with a foreign university, but it was an annual event—a global academic exchange involving some of the world’s top institutions.

This year, it happened to be their school’s turn to host, and a large number of scholars would be attending. The event was scheduled to take place in about half a month.

After thinking it over, Sierra decided to mention it. Johnathan’s expression darkened immediately.

His injuries were severe. In half a month, he might not even be fully recovered-he might just be getting discharged. With so many people coming, if someone with ulterior motives managed to sneak in…

Sierra understood what he was thinking. She held his hand and said, “If they really do sneak in, it might actually be our opportunity.”

She looked at Maddox and Shen Qingchi. “We might even get a lead.” 1

“-Sierra.”

Johnathan had just opened his mouth to speak when Sierra turned to him. “Mr. Yaeger, I won’t let them get away with it.”

They had nearly taken Johnathan away from her. She would never let that go.

Her eyes were filled with cold fury.

felt a warm surge in

being protected

admit-it felt good. Even someone like him couldn’t help but enjoy

a moment and said, “I think Sierra’s right. Instead of staying on the defensive, we

but they all knew

give an answer right away. There was still half a

woken up, Maddox and the others didn’t stay long. They urged him

Sierra

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they never hesitated to stand

“Yeah.”

He trusted them more

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taken Maddox’s earlier comment to heart. Their enemy was even more deeply

had been aimed at Sierra, there would have been no

was impossible to keep her isolated forever. He couldn’t be by her side twenty-four hours a day. Even he could be caught off guard. So the best plan really was to turn

might still be too weak when the time came. He

One glance was enough

overthinking. Right now, what

“It’s still early.”

Johnathan nodded slightly.

Sierra stayed in the hospital with him. She explained the situation to Professor Martin, who told her to take care of Johnathan and

already passed the most critical phase. The experiments only required routine monitoring now, and there