Regrets Come Too Late (Sierra and Johnny) novel Chapter 465

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Chapter 465

Sierra had no idea John had come looking for her.

After spending some time in the banquet hall with Holly, she stepped out onto the lawn and found a quieter spot.

She had barely sat down when a well–dressed young man and woman walked over. Both looked to be in their twenties, and they seemed to be brother and sister.

“Are you Sierra?” the man asked.

Sierra still nodded despite her confusion. “Yes.”

The man pulled over a chair and sat across from her. His voice had a slight note of mockery. “I heard you’re Cyrus’s granddaughter and Nathan’s biological daughter. Is that true?”

Holly could tell right away that neither of them meant well. “Does it being true or not matter to you? Why don’t you introduce yourselves first before meddling in other people’s private business?”

“I’m talking to her. Why are you cutting in?” The man’s attitude was terrible.

“I was talking to a dog. Why are you getting so upset?” Holly shot back.

The man was angered at once. “You!”

The woman tugged his arm and whispered, “Brad, don’t get mad. Don’t forget why we’re here.”

Only then did Brad force himself to calm down. He looked at Sierra and said bitterly, “She’s from both the King family and the Lynch family, but this is the kind of company she keeps?”

Sierra had no patience for anyone taking shots at Holly. “Then my friend was right to call you a dog. Only a dog pokes its nose where it doesn’t belong.”

The moment she said that, both of them lost their composure.

The woman immediately snapped at Sierra.

“What kind of attitude is that? My brother was talking to you nicely, and this is how you answer? So this is the little princess of the Lynch family and the King family? You’re no different from some rude nobody from the slums!”

Sierra couldn’t even be bothered to respond. She simply looked at Holly with a cool expression and said, “Let’s go somewhere else.”

“Wait.” Holly kept staring at the two of them.

Sierra blinked, while the two siblings were getting a little uncomfortable after being stared at by Holly for so long.

Brad lost his composure first. “What are you looking at?”

“I was wondering why you looked familiar.” Holly finally remembered. “So you’re the illegitimate son and daughter the Chapman family just brought back.”

Brad’s face flushed with anger. “Watch your mouth! There’s nothing illegitimate about us.”

Sierra’s eyes flickered.

If they were just some illegitimate children, Holly wouldn’t have revealed it so bluntly. That kind of thing was common enough now, and the children themselves were not to blame.

For Holly to put it out so bluntly, the two of them had clearly done something before.

“They’re basically in the same situation as Pamela,” Holly said, explaining it to Sierra as they went. “The only difference is

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Pamela targeted you, while these two are going after the Chapman family’s oldest daughter Opal.”

Sierra nodded, understanding flashed through her eyes.

“I know exactly what you’re after, then.” Holly had seen too much of this. She could see through their intentions at a glance.” Give it up. Sierra isn’t someone you get to use.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Brad tried to hide it, but it showed.

Holly did not press him. “Just roll with it and act like I’m talking crazy, then.”

With that, she left with Sierra, not wanting to stay there any longer.

When Jessica saw they were really leaving, she grabbed Brad’s arm nervously. “Sierra’s leaving. Aren’t we going to stop her?”

Brad pressed his lips together. When Sierra got farther and farther away, he finally gave up.

“Wait!”

Holly and Sierra ignored him. When it came to strangers and unfamiliar situations, Sierra had always followed Holly’s lead.

“I said wait!” Brad and Jessica hurried over and blocked their path. His eyes settled on Sierra. “I really need to talk to you. Can we speak in private?”

Sierra answered without hesitation. “Say it here, then.”

Brad glanced at Holly, clearly apprehensive with her standing there. “Can’t we talk alone?”

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“No,” Holly said at once.

“I’m going with whatever she said,” Sierra added.

Brad and Jessica exchanged a look before finally saying, “Our situations are pretty similar, so I hope we can work together.” Sierra looked confused, and so did Holly.

“People have been saying Cyrus and Nathan gave you very expensive birthday gifts, but nobody knows whether they really meant it or were just putting on a show,” Brad said slowly.

Sierra asked, “What are you trying to say?”

“The King family and the Lynch family are both old–money powerhouses. A child suddenly showing up out of nowhere damages the family’s image,” Brad said, as if he had already seen through everything. “To maintain their image, they might easily reframe things like ‘illegitimate daughter‘ or ‘the child of the daughter they disowned‘ as a precious, long–lost treasure that was lost years ago.”

Sierra said nothing. She could already tell where he was going.

“The sons and daughters of the four major families already have their own social circles, and they’ve stayed close for years,” Jessica added. “People like us should stick together even more.”

“Not interested,” Sierra said without hesitation.

Brad hadn’t expected her to stay this calm. “Do you really think the King family and the Lynch family will accept you?”

After listening long enough, Sierra had figured it out. “There’s one thing you got wrong. In some way, we’re not the same.”

Jessica frowned. “How are we not the same?”

“The two of you are desperate for the Chapman family’s approval. I’m not,” Sierra said.

She didn’t care about both the King family or the Lynch family. The King family was just a means to an end, helping her mom to get what belonged to her back. Nothing more.

“Stop the act!” Brad said without hesitation. “I don’t believe that someone from an insignificant family like you won’t want to join a family like the King family or the Lynch family.”

“We came to you with sincerity, and you’re acting like you’re above all this,” Jessica said bluntly. “What’s the point of it?”

“If you don’t like it, then stop talking.” Even though Sierra had changed a little, she was still just as blunt with people she disliked.

“You probably still don’t understand the situation you’re in.” Brad glanced toward the three distinguished men chatting together in the distance. “See the man sitting in the middle over there?”

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