A Surprising Twist of Fates (Sierra and Theo) novel Chapter 5

Sierra lowered her head and apologized, her voice trembling slightly. She didn't dare open her eyes to meet Theo's gaze.

Theo's eyes fell to her hands, which were nervously clutching the edge of the blanket. A faint trace of amusement flickered across his face, almost imperceptible.

Without warning, he leaned down, closing the distance between them.

"I don't like it when people talk to me while looking somewhere else," he said.

His cold fingers brushed against her skin as he gently lifted her chin, forcing her to look at him.

Faced with his strikingly handsome features now magnified before her, Sierra's body tensed in an instant. Panic flickered in her wide eyes as unease wrapped itself around her.

"I said I'm sorry," she stammered.

"Sorry for what?"

His eyes, slightly upturned at the corners, carried an innate air of arrogance. Beneath his right eye rested a perfectly placed beauty mark that softened the sharpness of his expression.

There was no denying it, he was breathtakingly mesmerizing.

Sierra swallowed hard, desperate to steady her nerves. "I'm sorry, Uncle Theo. I won't mistake you for someone else again."

"Remember your words. If you don't, you'll face the consequences," he said with a deep, icy voice.

Then, he gave her a meaningful look before straightening up.

Sierra felt the weight of his gaze, her heart pounding uncontrollably against her ribs. She just mistook him for someone else. Did he have to be this angry?

"How did you hurt your arm?"

His cold voice sliced through the silence, sharp and deliberate.

Sierra's eyelashes fluttered as a wave of humiliation from the night before surged back to the surface. Her nose stung with the warning of tears she refused to let fall.

She swallowed hard, forcing herself to keep her composure as she steadied her voice. "I fell. It was an accident."

Theo's sharp eyes didn't miss the way her lips pressed tightly together, her emotions threatening to spill over. His gaze darkened.