Regrets Come Too Late (Sierra and Johnny) novel Chapter 71

Chapter 71

“You should go back to your work. You don’t have to come just for me,” Pamela said once she had achieved her goal. “It’s nothing serious, after all. I’ll be fine after some rest.”

“Alright,” John replied, not pushing it.

The two exchanged a few more polite remarks before ending the call.

Kenneth knew all about the complicated mess between John, Sierra, and Pamela, but he didn’t expect John to go this far.

“You know Pamela’s lying, right?”

John’s dark eyes were impossible to read. “What are you trying to say?”

“To put it in plainly…” Kenneth got closer. He chose his words carefully and said, “Pamela is usually called a wolf in sheep’s clothing, or a fausse ingenue.”

John remained calm. “Indeed.”

Kenneth blinked.

That was all?

“She was the one who picked a fight with Sierra. Sierra wasn’t the one who started it. Are you really not going to talk to her about it?”

Kenneth made one last attempt to appeal to John’s conscience.

John looked back at the monitor. Sierra was still sitting there, tense and staring at the operating room door.

His tone was as light as ever. “This isn’t the first day you get to know me,

right?”

“Even if you weren’t to protect one of your own, you still need to look at the situation,” Kenneth said, understanding what he meant. “What Pamela did was seriously out of line.”

“Upholding justice is the law’s business,” John said quietly. “My job is to protect the people who stand with me.”

Kenneth swallowed the words back into his throat.

He knew how John operated. Back when Sierra was the one who had been harmed, John hadn’t bothered with the details as well. He had stood in front of her and told everyone he was there to back her up, not to listen to reason.

Kenneth had admired that once. His best friend was truly the man among men.

But now, simply because Sierra wanted a divorce and Pamela had come under his wing, he was willing to pin the blame on Sierra for Pamela’s sake, regardless of who was right or wrong.

At its core, it was still that same fierce loyalty.

Now, it just felt…twisted.

“Be honest with me,” Kenneth said, raising the suspicion in his mind. “Do you actually like the type that screams Lady Macbeth?

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John shot him a look but didn’t answer.

He didn’t like that type.

Even if that person was Pamela, who had done him a favor in the past.

He was only doing this because Sierra’s attitude had rubbed him the wrong way. He was certain that if Holly had said the same

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“You should go back to your work. You don’t have to come just for me,” Pamela said once she had achieved her goal. “It’s nothing serious, after all. I’ll be fine after some rest.”

“Alright,” John replied, not pushing it.

The two exchanged a few more polite remarks before ending the call.

Kenneth knew all about the complicated mess between John, Sierra, and Pamela, but he didn’t expect John to go this far.

“You know Pamela’s lying, right?”

John’s dark eyes were impossible to read. “What are you trying to say?”

“To put it in plainly…” Kenneth got closer. He chose his words carefully and said, “Pamela is usually called a wolf in sheep’s clothing, or a fausse ingenue.”

John remained calm. “Indeed.”

Kenneth blinked.

That was all?

“She was the one who picked a fight with Sierra. Sierra wasn’t the one who started it. Are you really not going to talk to her about it?”

Kenneth made one last attempt to appeal to John’s conscience.

John looked back at the monitor. Sierra was still sitting there, tense and staring at the operating room door.

His tone was as light as ever. “This isn’t the first day you get to know me,

right?”

“Even if you weren’t to protect one of your own, you still need to look at the situation,” Kenneth said, understanding what he meant. “What Pamela did was seriously out of line.”

“Upholding justice is the law’s business,” John said quietly. “My job is to protect the people who stand with me.”

Kenneth swallowed the words back into his throat.

He knew how John operated. Back when Sierra was the one who had been harmed, John hadn’t bothered with the details as well. He had stood in front of her and told everyone he was there to back her up, not to listen to reason.

Kenneth had admired that once. His best friend was truly the man among men.

But now, simply because Sierra wanted a divorce and Pamela had come under his wing, he was willing to pin the blame on Sierra for Pamela’s sake, regardless of who was right or wrong.

At its core, it was still that same fierce loyalty.

Now, it just felt…twisted.

“Be honest with me,” Kenneth said, raising the suspicion in his mind. “Do you actually like the type that screams Lady Macbeth?

John shot him a look but didn’t answer.

He didn’t like that type.

Even if that person was Pamela, who had done him a favor in the past.

He was only doing this because Sierra’s attitude had rubbed him the wrong way. He was certain that if Holly had said the same

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things to Sierra, and Holly could guarantee Sierra would be able to free herself from him, Sierra would have walked away without hesitation.

Since that was the case, he would use Pamela to set Sierra straight. She needed to learn what the right choice really was.

“Aren’t you worried that if Sierra ever does come back one day, she’ll hold all of this against you?” Kenneth tried again from another angle.

John paused.

“Women can be quite vengeful,” Kenneth reminded him.

“I laid everything out clearly for her from the beginning,” John said after a moment’s thought. “If she insists on taking the harder path, she’ll have to pay the toll.”

Kenneth glanced at him and stayed silent.

His instincts told him Sierra wasn’t coming back.

If she had even the slightest intention of returning, she would not have taken a part–time job as a dance teacher at Eagon’s place, risking being used and set up in the process.

Some moments passed.

Kenneth turned his head toward John again, hoping he would think it through.

“Is Pamela really that important to you? Important enough to give up the woman you have spoiled for five years?”

“Yes.” John’s gaze darkened slightly.

“And if the cooling–off period ends and Sierra still doesn’t come back?” Kenneth mentioned the cruelest possibility to him. John’s hand that was resting on the computer tightened a little, his lips pressed.

Only a fool would not come back to him.

And Sierra was no fool.

“Before you do something you can’t salvage, you’d better think carefully about which of them matters more to you,” Kenneth said bluntly, speaking as his best friend. “Personally, Sierra is much better than Pamela character–wise.”

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