Regrets Come Too Late (Sierra and Johnny) novel Chapter 225

Solomon decided at that moment and followed through.

He immediately met Sierra’s eyes and said calmly, “You know I have my own agenda, but you still came here to talk to me openly. If I understand this correctly, does that mean you want to use this to deal with John, too?”

“Yes,” Sierra said.

Solomon was a little surprised.

He hadn’t expected her to be that direct.

He had seen every kind of person in this circle, including people even more blunt than Sierra. For her to stay this way after five years at John’s side meant that she was either strong enough not to be worn down by this world, or john had sheltered her extremely well.

Either way, it was enough for her to stand out.

“I did save you with a scheme in mind,” Solomon admitted. “I wanted to use you to throw John off balance and get what I want.”

Sierra blinked and frowned slightly.

Solomon folded his hands over the blanket. “You don’t believe me?”

“You’re a businessman.” Sierra didn’t hide her disbelief and simply told him the reason. “Businessmen weigh profits and losses. Would you really risk your life just to rattle John a little?”

Even she would never do that.

Least of all Solomon, John’s opponent.

It would be foolish.

“I had someone install a device in the chandelier ahead of time,” Solomon said slowly. “I made sure I’d only end up with superficial injuries.”

“But there was so much blood.” Sierra had seen it herself. That was not fake.

“If there wasn’t that much blood, how would you believe I was saving you for real?” Solomon had clearly done the math. After a thought, he laid everything out.

“If you didn’t believe it, how could I drive a wedge between you and John?”

The more Sierra listened, the more confused she became.

She could not tell if his scheme was too complicated for her or if he had twisted something simple into something complicated.

“Still don’t get it?” Solomon caught her confusion.

Sierra shook her head. It really was hard to follow.

“Even if you suspected I had a motive, you’d still see me as your savior when there was no proof saying otherwise,” Solomon said. “Over time, that doubt would fade as you watched how much I cared about both of you.”

Sierra raised her eyes, ready to argue with him about that point, but Solomon kept going.

“As for John, he’d be sure I was setting things up and tell you to stay away from me. Because I saved you, you’d defend me. You might even say things that hurt him without meaning to…”

“You’re wrong,” Sierra said.

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She didn’t need to hear the rest. She already knew where he was headed.

Solomon’s gaze sharpened. “Wrong?”

“You think John would feel like I didn’t trust him, and I’d feel like he was being unreasonable, like he had lost his humanity under the weight of power and selfishness,” Sierra said calmly. “And then our relationship would start to fail.”

Solomon’s lips were closed tight.

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