บททั้งหมดของ Regrets Come Too Late: บทที่ 161 - บทที่ 170

At first, the car was quiet. As time passed and everyone woke up a little, conversations began to fill the car."Sierra." Cindy, who sat across the aisle from her, suddenly leaned over.Sierra looked at her from the corner of her eyes.Cindy glanced around and lowered her voice. "Ms. Sanders said you used to come from a wealthy family."Sierra denied it without even thinking. "No.""She also said your family went bankrupt earlier." Cindy sounded cautious as she tested the waters."Everyone understands bankruptcy differently." Sierra changed her angle. "Most families have had times when they emptied everything they had for something. My family was the same."Hearing that, Cindy knew Sierra didn't want to say more. The less Sierra said, the more curious Cindy became, and she gossiped about it with a few colleagues in their small group chat.Sierra had no idea about it, and she didn't care. Right now, she only wanted to know what the point of this team-building exercise was and wh

After the call ended, Sierra sat in the garden for a long time. She thought about Jubilee's words again and again.Jubilee was loud, fiery, and loved to joke around. Even so, she wouldn't joke around after hearing about Sierra's divorce and how difficult things were for Sierra. In other words, what she said was very likely to be true.But if everything was true, then what did that say about her mother's identity?Questions filled Sierra's mind. Unable to make sense of any of it, she decided to try a different route. On Wednesday, she would have Holly or Nicholas go with her to see Lucas.He had lived side by side with her mother for so many years. There was no way he knew nothing.Evening came quickly.Sierra cooked a lot of dishes together with the others.They were just about to start eating and drinking when John walked in, wearing a stark black shirt that made him look even more restrained, with his sleeves rolled up to show a stretch of strong forearm.When he appeared, ev

With that, Randy drank all the wine in his glass in front of everyone.Leona praised him slightly. "That's what I'm talking about, Randy!"The tense atmosphere finally broke. The small clash between Randy and Jenny vanished as if it had never happened. "Yeah, right. One glass and suddenly you're praising me," Randy said."I'm praising you because you're willing to face your own mistakes and fix them," Leona said bluntly. She lifted her glass and clinked it against his. "Just for that, you deserve a toast from me."The atmosphere warmed up again.Seeing so many people were willing to speak up for her, Sierra's heart was filled with a mix of emotions.In that moment, Sierra realized it. After a childhood of being protected and loved, as well as years under John's careful protection, she was miles behind people like Leona when it came to handling others and navigating social situations.There was still so much she needed to learn."Don't let what Randy said bother you," Leona wh

Sierra had completely forgotten about one thing before today: Tommy's tuition. If he hadn't just been joking with John and calling him Mr. Henderson, she probably would have forgotten about it until his summer break.Tuition and miscellaneous fees for a term added up to about tens of thousands of dollars. John would pay for part of it, and she would pay for the other part of it.She had to hurry up and make more money.That night, Sierra drew up a plan for how she was going to earn more. Only after she finished did she go upstairs to wash up and go to bed.But with that uncertainty sitting on her chest and the weight of her life on her shoulders, she couldn't sleep well at all. Even on this rare, pleasant day, her mind kept jumping to the thought that if she were at home, she could finish one more illustration and earn a little more.The next day, Sierra joined the group activities, then rehearsed the Wednesday night performance with a few colleagues who were going to be in th

"Don't look at me like that." Lucas's posture made his stance very clear. "I'm just telling the truth.""Would you dare say that to Mom's face when she wakes up?" Sierra stared at him, her voice colder than before.Lucas was taken aback, and his eyes shifted for a moment. When he realized that this reaction didn't match his personality, he forced himself to answer quickly. "Why wouldn't I?"Sierra kept her eyes on him.Under that stare, Lucas started to feel guilty."You'd better hurry up and find a way to get me out of here," he said, grabbing at any excuse to change the subject. "If I'm in a bad mood one day, I'll tell everyone what an ungrateful daughter you are!""Go ahead." From his reactions, Sierra had already pieced together most of it. "We'll see which spreads faster. Whether it's me being ungrateful, or that you've been living off a woman."The words had barely left her mouth before Lucas shot up from his chair. His eyes on Sierra were full of rage, as if he wanted to