Regrets Come Too Late (Sierra and Johnny) novel Chapter 543

Sierra wasn’t as worried anymore once she heard what Marcus had to say. “What did you do before this?”

Marcus was good in a fight, good–looking, excelled as an assistant, and he could even easily handle Medicare Software’s work. Why would someone that is capable of multiple angles choose to be a bodyguard?

“A man,” Marcus answered.

Sierra didn’t get it at first. “Hm?”

Marcus repeated himself. “I was being a man.”

Sierra looked at him. “And you’re not doing that now?“!

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“Now I’m a bodyguard, an assistant, and a driver.” As Marcus spoke, his thoughts drifted back to money. He changed the subject and called her, “Miss.”

Sierra raised her eyes.

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Marcus drove as steadily as usual. “How about paying me a driver’s salary, too? I’m pretty good behind the wheel.”

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“Sure.” Sierra was usually generous with people whose requests made sense. Paying him more was not a problem since he was just that capable.

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Still, she wondered if his answer just now was a deliberate evasion or something instinctive.

“You’re a really good person,” Marcus said.

More than forty minutes later, Marcus took her to the private hospital owned by Henderson Group. Sierra sat in the car for a long time before finally getting out and walking in. With every step she took, the tightness in her chest grew worse. She felt like it was going beyond her control.

By the time she reached the floor where John had a private ward, she heard his parents‘ voices from inside before she even got to the door.

“John, please wake up and look at your mother,” Agnes’s voice reached Sierra. “It’s all Sierra’s fault! If it weren’t for her, you wouldn’t be like this. You’re lying here unconscious and she hasn’t even come to see you. I really don’t know how you could’ve fallen for such a vicious woman.”

“Mrs. Henderson, that’s not fair,” Kenneth said.

He was upset that Sierra was brutal enough not to come see John, but that did not mean he could stand there and listen to Agnes keep on blaming her.

Sierra had her faults, true. But she had also been good to John in plenty of ways.

“How is that unfair?” Mrs. Henderson was losing control, and her voice was shaking as she sobbed. “Am I wrong? Has she come back to see him even once since this happened? All she ever cared about was money!”

Kenneth frowned.

Agnes rambled on, “John used to be so sensible. Ever since he married Sierra, he stopped coming home. He spent every day looking so coldly at us…”

“You can pin the blame on anyone once you’ve already determined the criminal,” Kenneth said, unable to listen to her anymore. “What does any of this have to do with Sierra?”

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“Why wouldn’t it?” Mrs. Henderson grew even more worked up. “If it weren’t for her, John would still be a good son to me! Even if he didn’t smile much, he would still listen and come home.”

“Didn’t you make him into this yourselves?” Kenneth rarely spoke to someone else with seniority that way.

Agnes froze and was stunned by the force in his voice.

“You caused the death of his best friend. There were no apologies and no remorse. You even used your position as his parents to threaten him.” Kenneth’s eyes reddened as he spoke. “If it weren’t for you, he never would’ve divorced Sierra!”

Agnes was stunned, while Danny’s face darkened.

“John still needs rest. If there’s nothing else, please leave,” Kenneth said, making it clear they were no longer welcome.

“Is this how your father taught you to speak to your elders?” Danny looked furious. Since he could not win the argument, he fell back on social hierarchy and ranking. “This is my son’s hospital ward. As his parents, we…”

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