Begging for a Second Chance (Sienna Sloan and Jarred Sterling) novel Chapter 338

The moment those words echoed down the stairs, Sienna subtly arched a brow.

Right on cue. Flawless timing.

This was what Celeste did best—seizing the absolute perfect moment to play the ultimate victim.

She was a master at painting herself as the tragic, bullied innocent.

Too lazy to cast another glance toward the second floor, Sienna casually picked up her clutch from the sofa and signaled to her bodyguards. "We're leaving."

Before she could even take a single step, a warm, powerful hand firmly clamped around her wrist.

Jarred's deep voice drifted down from above her.

It sounded careless, yet it carried an unmistakable tone of command. "Stay with me. Don't forget what you promised."

Sienna knew he was referring to her agreement to accompany him on a specific task tonight.

A fleeting shadow of impatience crossed her eyes, but she didn't struggle.

She looked up, her gaze lightly skimming his tense jawline, before calmly turning to her men. "You guys head out first."

The bodyguards immediately complied and retreated, not daring to speak out of turn.

Sienna let Jarred drag her along as they made their way to Celeste's room.

The exact second they pushed open the master bedroom door, the Sterling Private Medical Taskforce arrived.

In the center of the massive bed, the bodyguards had already lifted Celeste onto the mattress.

The frail figure was now completely curled up beneath the heavy blankets.

She looked like a fragile butterfly whose wings had been shredded by a storm, utterly shattered and broken.

The doctor greeted Jarred and rushed straight to the bedside without another word.

When Celeste realized the man examining her wasn't her usual physician, but the specialist Jarred had called in, her heart pounded wildly.

She instinctively shrank back, her entire body rigid.

But the sheer, ungodly agony tearing through her legs made it entirely impossible to protest.

She could only lie there helplessly as the doctor pulled back the blanket, exposing her severely swollen, bruised legs.

It was a truly horrifying sight.

Everything below her knees was massively swollen, the skin a sickening, unnatural purple-blue.

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