Regrets Come Too Late (Sierra and Johnny) novel Chapter 673

Just as Tammy met Solomon, Sierra happened to send her a text.

Sierra did not have many friends. She had not known Tammy for long, but she liked her, so she sent her a New Year's greeting.

"Mom," Tommy said as he watched the New Year's Special with her on TV, his eyes drifting outside again and again.

"Yes?" Sierra raised her eyebrow.

"What do you think Dad and Grandpa are talking about out there?" Tommy looked like he was thinking deeply about it. When John was not in front of him, he called him Dad.

Sierra followed where he was looking and saw John and Nathan were standing outside in the dark, talking. They were too far away for her to hear them, however.

"You want to know?" Tony suddenly leaned over.

Both Tommy and Sierra looked at Tony for a moment and blinked. They then spoke at the same time.

"Weren't you setting off fireworks?"

"Marcus wanted to do the fireworks himself and told me not to bother him." Tony sat down beside them before glancing at John's direction, and went on. "Do you want to know what they're talking about?"

"You do?" Sierra asked.

"I know a little lip reading." Tony finally had a chance to show off.

Sierra raised her brows slightly. She had heard of lip reading, but this was the first time she had seen it in real life.

"Really?" Tommy's eyes lit up. "What are they talking about?"

Tony immediately focused.

Sierra and Tommy waited patiently.

One minute...

Two minutes…

Five minutes had passed, and Sierra lost hope. She said bluntly, "Can you do it or not?"

"I definitely can." Tony coughed, his gaze shifting toward one of the remote controls. "But it's night outside, and the lighting is too poor. Why don't you turn on all the lights outside?"

"I know Sierra," John said.

Nathan narrowed his eyes, his murderous gaze becoming more intense.

"You two could have kept the relationship secret back then and gone public after everything was settled," John said, knowing exactly what was most important to him. "By then, you would have had enough strength to fight back even if someone wanted to object."

Nathan said nothing.

From the perspective of a bystander who already knew the ending, of course it was easy to say these things. But back then, they had no idea which path was best. They could only let their elders in their family see their determination to be together and the value they held.

But… In the end…

They had lost the gamble.

"You've never experienced it, so you don't understand," Nathan said.

"I haven't experienced it, true," John said, his personality was the complete opposite of Nathan's. "But I know it's risky to have only one plan. Everything needs proper planning."

He had not gotten so many shares from Danny by luck. Every step of his plan had been tightly tied to human nature and the company's direction.