Regrets Come Too Late (Sierra and Johnny) novel Chapter 361

Chapter 361

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“I’m not pushing anything away. I just want to stay close to my mom.” Sierra refused to take the bait that John dangled in front of her. “Even though she has only been awake for a few days, it still feels unreal sometimes.”

She was afraid it was only a dream.

Afraid it was just an illusion. Afraid that if she stayed away too long, her mother would slip back into that same silent coma.

Seeing that she meant it, John reached over and took her hand, offering her his warmth and the solid weight of reality. “You don’t need to feel that way. Your mom is really awake.”

“John.”

Maybe it was the cramped space of the car, or maybe it was how gentle his tone and touch had just been. Sierra suddenly wanted an answer to a question, even though she already knew the answer.

“Yeah?” John answered softly.

“If I don’t keep to our agreement…” Sierra looked at his handsome face. “Would you really have done something to my mom?”

John met her gaze.

He wanted to say no, but he knew that if he showed even a hint of softness toward her, she would think she could walk away whenever she wanted. In the end, he hardened his heart and said something cold.

“Are you planning to leave?”

Sierra denied it at once. “No. I’m just asking.”

“If Holly didn’t make it clear enough last time, I can make it more obvious.” John counted her fingers one by one, using the gentlest tone to say the most cruel of words. “Nicholas has just slipped away from his bodyguards.”

“No need.” Sierra pushed down the emotion surging in her chest. “That’s enough.”

“Behave,” John said as he played with her fingers. “Stop thinking about ruining what feelings we have for each other.”

Sierra kept quiet.

If she left, what would happen to Holly and Nicholas? John wouldn’t really kill anyone, but he could be quite frightening when he was angry. Trading her friends‘ safety for her own freedom… What kind of person would that make her?

The next day, Anna noticed the change in Sierra.

She watched her daughter at lunch, whose face looked as calm as ever, and asked directly, “What happened after you got home last night?”

“What?” Sierra was caught off guard.

“You haven’t been yourself all morning.” Anna understood Sierra too well; a mother knew her daughter best and all.

“I didn’t sleep well last night.” Sierra hardly ever hid anything from Anna, so she grabbed the first excuse she could find. “I had

nightmares all night.”

“What kind of nightmares?” Anna blinked.

Sierra told the truth. “In that dream, you waking up was only a dream. When I opened my eyes, you were still lying quietly in the hospital bed.”

She had been having that dream for days, which was why she sometimes felt everything was unreal,

“Oh, you silly girl,” Anna said kindly.

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For the moment, Anna let the matter drop.

Still, she was Sierra’s mother; she knew Sierra better than anyone. If it were only because of a dream, Sierra wouldn’t look so worried and weighed down.

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