Begging for a Second Chance (Sienna Sloan and Jarred Sterling) novel Chapter 568

"Mother..."

Helena sat slumped on the floor, fresh tears pouring down her face.

She crawled two paces forward, desperately trying to grab the matriarch's hand, but the older woman forcefully yanked it away.

"Don't call me Mother!"

While cowering on the floor, Helena acted as though she were clinging to her last lifeline, her excuses tumbling out in a frantic, incoherent mess.

"I can get it back! Mother, I will absolutely get it back! The necklace was traded to Celeste's ex-boyfriend, Tristan Devereux!

I'll just pay whatever it takes and negotiate with him. He'll definitely agree to sell it back to us. I can definitely get it back!"

She was clinging to blind hope, entirely unaware that the very man she considered her saving grace was the exact monster who had destroyed her life.

The matriarch stared down at the battered, groveling woman at her feet. Not a single trace of the dignified Sterling matriarch remained in Helena.

She furrowed her brow in disgust, just about to speak.

Suddenly, a flurry of chaotic footsteps echoed from outside.

A young maid dashed in, entirely panicked. "Madam, Mrs. Sterling, Master Sterling is back!"

Before the words fully landed, a sharp, imposing figure dressed in black stepped through the doorway, bringing the evening chill right into the living room.

Jarred Sterling was clad in a formal suit, his sharp features layered with thick, freezing frost.

His handsome face was devoid of warmth, exuding an intense, murderous aura that promised an incoming storm.

The moment the battered Helena saw her son return...

A desperate light sparked in her eyes. Like a drowning woman clutching at a piece of driftwood.

She scrambled on her hands and knees toward Jarred, lunging at his feet and gripping his wrist with a death grip.

"Jarred! You're back! Did you figure it out?! Who swapped your mother's jewelry?!

Who did this to me?! Who was it?!"

Before Helena's frantic screams could fade, two uniformed police officers with stern expressions stepped through the doorway directly behind Jarred.

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