The lost heiress never forgiven

Chapter 406

Chapter 408 Not Ready Yet

Facing Dora’s pure, expectant eyes, Sierra couldn’t bring herself to answer.

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She wanted to nod–but reality reminded her not to act on impulse. Her voice was slightly hoarse as she said, “Dora, I don’t know if you’ll be able to see me every day. I’ll try my best. Maybe we can keep video calling, like before.”

She couldn’t even look Dora in the eyes while saying it–for fear she’d cave and promise something she couldn’t keep.

Dora was the kind of child who took every word seriously.

And Sierra knew she couldn’t give her the care she deserved. Not just because of her workload–but because there was a real danger now. That organization might still be watching. She didn’t want Dora to be in harm’s way again.

“I’m sorry, Dora,” she whispered, her voice catching.

But Dora didn’t seem bothered at all. “That’s okay! Video calls are great too. Can you tell me a story every day? I think that’s something I can do!”

Sierra forced a smile.

“If I ever have something come up, I’ll tell you in advance, okay?”

“Okay!”

Dora agreed without complaint. She was easily satisfied.

Sierra for a while, she left under escort, glancing back at Sierra again and again, her lips pressed together in quiet

the sudden

as she moved, Johnathan

“Sierra. Stay calm.”

and couldn’t help but ask,

Johnathan said quietly, “raising a child isn’t easy. Are you really ready

could respond, he continued,

had built up

had to admit- she wasn’t ready to be someone’s mother. She didn’t even know if she could be one. She didn’t know if she could give Dora the

help. We can’t save them all. But Dora… we can help her in other ways. We can fund her, L good home. But that doesn’t mean we have to be responsible for

her a

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You understand that,

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slowly. She did understand. And those were the same worries that had kept her from making a

I’ve been thinking about too. I’ll give it

they left the topic there–both quietly aligned in

days flew by after that. Sierra juggled preparations for her upcoming academic presentation, looked after Johnathan,

day of the academic

objections, insisted on showing up

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