Begging for a Second Chance (Sienna Sloan and Jarred Sterling) novel Chapter 489

As those words landed, the room plunged into deathly silence.

Sienna didn't answer.

Thea's pupils shrank as the entirety of the scheme clicked into place.

Luna's face drained of color as she muttered under her breath, "So that's it... That's how it is."

Jarred had abandoned all attacks on the perimeter, bypassed every single one of Sienna's defense mechanisms, and ignored everyone else.

He didn't touch her money, he didn't ruin her career, and he didn't go after her friends.

From the very beginning, he never intended to fight a meaningless war of attrition with her.

He had seen right through all her backup plans and her fearless confidence.

He simply went straight for her throat.

The call disconnected.

The silence in the conference room was terrifying.

Sienna sat in her seat, her posture still proud and unyielding.

But her normally cool and detached eyes were now coated in a thin, razor-sharp layer of frost.

Thea looked at her quiet profile and murmured, "Sienna, he's... forcing you to bow to him."

Luna sighed heavily. "Sienna, from start to finish, he only ever wanted to settle the score with you. You're the only one he wants to control."

Both Thea and Luna genuinely believed that Jarred was madly in love with Celeste Carlyle.

They thought Sienna had stayed soberly detached, meticulously guarding her heart and hiding her feelings flawlessly.

And in the end, she had walked away clean, leaving him trapped alone.

"What exactly is he playing at?" Luna asked in confusion. "If he wanted to focus all his energy on destroying us, I could understand that he's just holding a grudge.

But clinging to you like a parasite... what? Is he already regretting the divorce?"

Thea stared at Sienna's icy features and frowned. "He wants to have his cake and eat it too. That's just how scumbags operate.

They never cherish you when they have you, but the second you leave, they come crawling right back."

Sienna remained completely silent for a long time before suddenly letting out a low chuckle.

"I really underestimated him."

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