Mag-log inTammy instinctively stepped in front of Sierra and forced herself to speak through the fear in her chest. "Mr. Sunderland, she's just passing by. I'm willing to take the blame for anything."She had been too panicked to think a moment ago.Only now did she remember that Sierra and John were already divorced, and the Bell family was in the middle of going bankrupt. If this man set his sights on Sierra too, Tammy would never forgive herself."Have your friend come in and drink a couple of glasses with me, and I won't hold you responsible for what happened just now." Mr. Sunderland looked calm and reasonable on the surface. "How about it?"Before Tammy could answer, Marcus said sternly, "My boss doesn't drink."Mr. Sunderland looked even more interested. "So she's a lady boss?""A boss is a boss. Why add the word lady as a pre-fix?" Marcus said."I'm just surprised. Most women stay home taking care of their husbands and children." Mr. Sunderland kept looking at Sierra and Tammy. He
The door slammed into the wall with a loud bang.Sierra turned around toward the sound and saw Tammy running out of the private room next door in a panic, her clothes in disarray. Tammy saw her as she ran past, but said nothing and kept going.At the same time, two burly bodyguards ran out after her.Sierra understood what had probably happened at once. She called to the woman who had already run several steps away. "Tammy!"Tammy stopped.Sierra walked toward her. "Come here. I'll protect you."Hesitation flashed in Tammy's eyes. She glanced at the bodyguards Marcus had stopped, then at the calm woman in front of her. All kinds of emotions swirled inside her.Without making a show of it, Sierra straightened Tammy's rumpled clothes. When she saw part of Tammy's top had been torn, she took off her own jacket without hesitation and put it over her shoulders. Then, she handed Tammy the car keys. "The plate is 866. Go wait for us in the car.""But..." Tammy hesitated.She was
When the dinner was almost over, Marcus swept his gaze around the table. He then lowered his voice and whispered in Sierra's ear, "Miss, something's off."Sierra kept chatting with the clients, a faint smile on her lips.Marcus knew she had heard him, so he added quietly, "Not one sip of alcohol the whole meal. That's not normal."Sierra waited until she finished the small talk before answering, careful not to make it obvious. "What's so strange about that? Some people prefer wine, some prefer tea. Everyone has different tastes.""You're still inexperienced." Marcus sounded completely serious.Sierra glanced at him.Was he really that bored just because no one was drinking?About ten minutes later, the dinner ended. The hospital representatives all stood up. One by one, they politely thanked Sierra and said their goodbyes. Sierra walked them out of the private room."This is fine," one of them said. "No need to walk us down any farther.""Alright." Sierra did not insist. She k
Over the next few days, Sierra went to the hospital every day to visit John just as she had promised. Sometimes, she would chat with him for a while. Before she knew it, those days had passed by and it was time for him to get discharged.When she saw him changing into his own clothes, Sierra said to Kenneth, "I've done everything you asked. I hope you'll keep your promise when the time comes.""No problem," Kenneth agreed at once.Sierra gave him a quiet nod and said nothing else. When she left, she didn't even say goodbye to John.As John watched her walking into the distance, his eyes darkened as the emotions inside stirred.Seeing that, Kenneth muttered to Robin, "If Sierra is having dinner with someone else later, arrange for your boss to have dinner at the same place too. Just keep the timing right and don't let them sit too close.""Got it," Robin said.Over the past few days, it had been obvious from the things John had him do that he wanted to protect Sierra in secret. N
While Sierra was still thinking about what Pamela had said to her, her phone rang. When she saw Holly's father calling, she answered right away."I'm at the hospital," Jason said quickly, sounding worried. "Where are you two?""Come to the sixth floor, inpatient department number three. I'll meet you at the elevator." Sierra stood up with her phone in hand and walked out as she spoke, missing the complicated look in Pamela's eyes.Three minutes later, Sierra met Jason at the elevator. He was in a suit and looked like he had come straight from a dinner party."Where's Holly?" Jason asked, concerned plain in his eyes. "What happened to her?""Huh?" Sierra looked completely confused.Jason frowned. Why was she stunned like that? Was Holly's condition really that serious?"Did Holly tell you she was the one who got hurt?" Sierra thought it through and understood what happened here.Jason paused. "If it wasn't her, then who was it?"On the phone, his precious Holly had said weakly,
"It's easy for you to say that when you've always lived in the light and its warmth," Pamela said when Sierra questioned her about her choices. She still disliked Sierra, but her tone had softened a lot. "But for someone like me, someone who never even had the chance to choose, how was I supposed to save myself?"Sierra said nothing, so Pamela went on. "Do you think I never tried to find a decent job and get away from my parents? It was useless. No matter where I went, they always found me. If they couldn't, they would go to whatever city I was in, report to the police they got lost while visiting relatives, and then have the police contact me. I tried everything I could think of, and I still couldn't get away."If it wasn't because she knew she could never escape a family like that, why would she have come between John and Sierra? She hated being a homewrecker, but she had no choice. It just happened that the person Sierra had saved back then was John."You did have a choice,
"Haven't I already told you about her stories?" Jubilee didn't give anything away, sounding completely serious. "Before she turned eighteen, your mom practically grew up in an orphanage. After that, she worked her way through college.""Who can earn that much money just from part-time jobs?" Sierra
Sierra still felt a tightness in her chest. With John's resources, finding out the truth behind what happened would not be difficult. But Tommy was just at death's door. She had no idea whether there would be any lasting damage."He has always been healthy. He'll be fine," John said. He saw the w
John could tell from Sierra's expression that she remembered. She was still tipsy as she asked, "Why did you tell Leona about our marriage?""If I hadn't told her, she wouldn't have handed you over to me," John answered slowly, every word measured and reasonable. "If she hadn't given you to me, I w
"Why do you look so down, then?" the coworker asked, somewhere between concern and curiosity.Sierra blurted out without thinking as she stared into the void, "He has a terminal illness and is dying."Leona went silent.John would probably have been just as speechless if he were here.The cowork







