Regrets Come Too Late (Sierra and Johnny) novel Chapter 654

Sierra pulled her hand out of John's as he held her hand for a brief moment. The moment John felt his hand emptied, he felt as if something had been taken from his heart too.

"Did you forget what you promised when we divorced?" Sierra put some distance between them, her expression distant.

"What promise?" John asked.

Sierra brought up the past. "Don't interfere in my business. Don't appear in front of me."

John nodded. "I remember."

"Then why are you still..." Sierra was cut off.

"On the night of Tommy's birthday, you updated that promise. You changed the conditions to us treating each other like strangers," John said, also bringing up the past. "If you don't remember, I can remind you about it."

"I only said that because I didn't want to be friends with you," Sierra argued.

"But before that, we were talking about promises." John's eyes fell on her face.

Sierra fell silent.

No wonder he had suddenly thanked her back then.

"Then I'll change it back now." She was not someone who liked to go back on her word, but she had no choice in this situation. "Use the original version. Don't interfere in my life. Don't appear in front of me."

John said, "You don't get a third version."

Sierra frowned at John, but he simply looked back at him calmly.

After a long while, Sierra realized she could not convince him, so she could only argue using the new version. "What you're doing right now isn't how a stranger should act, either."

"I treat strangers I'm interested in this way," John said, hinting at their first meeting after they grew up.

Sierra did not catch his meaning, however. "Then you're quite magnanimous."

"Only with you," John said.

Sierra fell silent again.

John continued, "You're the only one since I was a boy."

Whether it was when she pulled him out of despair as a boy, or how one glimpse of her at the party caught his attention after they grew up, she had always been the exception in his life.

"But..." Sierra hesitated.

"Listen to me." John was on her side. "I'll make sure you get the Lynch Group's shares."

Sierra opened her mouth, but she said nothing in the end.

John was indeed much better than her in this area. Even if she had kept learning and asking others for advice, there was still a huge gap between them.

Managing Medicare well did not mean she could go up against the Lynch family. They were all older and experienced, with each one being more calculating than the last. No matter how well her act was in front of them, she was still extremely inexperienced.

"If anyone from the Lynch family contacts you over the next few days, you don't need to respond," John told her. "Unless they come to you with real sincerity. Only then should you reluctantly agree."

Sierra looked at him. After thinking it through, she agreed. "Alright."

John gave a quiet nod.

They had already reached the gate of the estate by then.

When security at the gate saw them come out, they exchanged glances. After greeting them briefly, they immediately reported it to the people inside.