The lost heiress never forgiven

Chapter 476 Smoke and Mirrors

Chapter 476 Smoke and Mirrors

“You can’t give up the things you love just because of something that might happen, right? Don’t you think

so?”

White kept pressing, his tone persuasive. Sierra didn’t give a clear answer–neither agreeing nor refusing- but her expression betrayed a flicker of hesitation.

White knew when to back off. He dropped the subject, letting the idea settle in her mind.

But Sierra’s thoughts were on a very different track.

From that day on, she and White grew noticeably closer. He no longer badmouthed Johnathan, but he often brought up the current state of global affairs–subtly, cleverly.

And Sierra… looked more and more like she was wavering.

Eventually, as their project neared a breakthrough, she gave–in–saying she planned to return to her own research once the current project concluded.

No one was happier than White.

“Sierra, trust me–you’re going to be one of the greatest scientists in history. One day, the whole world will know your name.”

“I don’t need all that,” Sierra replied calmly. “I just want to follow my own path.”

Where White was wild and ambitious, Sierra was composed, steady.

“Does he agree with you doing this?” White asked suddenly.

Sierra pressed her lips together, not answering. She changed the subject instead.

eyes glinted, a knowing smile tugging’at the

Sierra ran into someone she’d hoped never to see again. She tried to avoid the encounter -but it was too late. Johnathan’s aunt had already spotted

“Stop right there!”

eyen older, more worn out. Clearly, the past month had not been kind. Johnathan had made it clear–no second chances. Once the month

had been one of the first

owned had been liquidated to repay the losses, but it

there–he had taken her

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been glamorous and respected. Now, she was disgraced and avoided like the

her off. Her own brothers treated her like

she had come to Sierra–because she couldn’t even get near

anymore.

carried herself like she was the Wynn family’s pampered daughter, while treating Sierra like

even spare her a

the bodyguards stepped in. One moved to Sierra and said

nodded and calmly walked

was watch helplessly as Sierra walked right

finally asked

that bad of shape

embezzled billions. Of course

said it without

gone so far, he might’ve left her with a sliver of dignity. But she’d been

fall. Once she was taken down, others quickly stepped forward

never meddled in Wynn family affairs. She didn’t comment

didn’t

acted like

Sierra warned.