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.

knowing smile

into someone she’d hoped never to see again. She tried

“Stop right there!”

to block the woman. Compared to last time, she looked eyen older, more worn out. Clearly, the past month had not been kind. Johnathan had made it clear–no second chances. Once

of the

owned had been liquidated to repay the losses,

there–he had taken her to

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respected. Now, she was

friends had cut her off.

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

anymore.

herself like she was the Wynn family’s pampered daughter, while treating Sierra like the nobody she

didn’t even spare her a

bodyguards stepped in. One moved to Sierra and

nodded and calmly walked to

aunt could do was watch helplessly as Sierra walked right past her–untouchable–while she stood behind the line, blocked,

finally asked Johnathan about

in that

embezzled billions. Of

said it without a hint of

he might’ve left her with a sliver of dignity. But she’d been relentless, and he made an example of

she was taken down, others quickly stepped forward to return what they

never meddled in Wynn family affairs. She didn’t comment on whether Johnathan’s actions were too

Tammy didn’t deserve

acted like

Sierra warned. “She might do