Begging for a Second Chance (Sienna Sloan and Jarred Sterling) novel Chapter 520

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Jarred's piercing gaze landed slowly on Celeste's red, swollen eyes, and he finally spoke, his voice dangerously cold.

"Declan is currently processing the paperwork for you to go abroad. It will be ready by the time we land. Someone will be there to pick you up first thing in the morning."

Celeste's eyelashes violently fluttered.

She didn't dare lift her head, but her fingers clenched into a white-knuckled grip on the edge of her blanket.

Helena's temper instantly flared. "Jarred, how could you do this? Celeste is just a girl. You're going to throw her into a foreign country all by herself?

You know perfectly well her legs are paralyzed. She needs someone to take care of her.

When your grandmother heard she was bullied today, her blood pressure spiked from the stress!

And now you're demanding we send her away? Are you trying to kill your grandmother?"

Jarred's expression was glacial. "You were the ones who broke the rules first."

He didn't raise his voice, but his sudden, freezing demeanor laid his current fury completely bare.

Helena's pupils shrank as she stared into her son's dark, stormy eyes, opening her mouth but failing to produce a single sound.

Jarred's handsome face remained carved from ice. His sharp gaze swept over Helena before pinning itself on Celeste, who was still staring at the floor, his rage steadily climbing.

"I warned you on multiple occasions. Secrets always come to light. I told you repeatedly to keep a low profile and stay far away from the public eye.

Because you saved my life, I gave you that one condition as your only way out. And how did you repay that?"

Celeste offered no answer, her hands trembling as she squeezed them tightly together in her lap.

Jarred leaned forward, his overwhelming, predatory aura entirely engulfing her.

"First, you went behind my back and allowed my grandmother to publicly adopt you at her banquet, officially writing your name into the family registry.

Then, you exploited my mother and grandmother's favoritism to make a high-profile comeback, stepping onto the stage of an international medical summit to blatantly commit fraud. You deceived the entire medical community and millions of viewers online.

You didn't do it because you felt sorry for someone else. You did it because you were greedy for fame and your ambition completely eclipsed your judgment.