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Chapter 136

Chapter 133 Keep Your Distance!
Jonathan’s hand fell empty, his displeasure evident.
Just then, he heard Sierra’s calm voice. “I’msorry, Mr. Yeager, I really was drunk yesterday. Please pretend you never heard what I said ”
Withthat. Sierra moved to leave his side.
Jonathan hadn’t expected Sierra to say such a thing; he froze for a moment until she brushed past him. Then, he quickly graspedSierra’shand, his tone icy. “What do you mean?”
Sierradidn’tlook up, her eyes on the large hand gripping hers, she slowly said, “I crossed a line before, Mr. Yeager. I’ll keep my distance from now on.”
“Sierra, what’s wrong? Is something bothering you?”
Lily looked at Sierra worriedly; she felt Sierrahadbeen off these past few days, seemingly lost in thought even while talking.
“Siena snapped back to reality andmanageda weak smile, “It’s nothing, grandmal”
Hearing her response, Lily sighed, “If you don’t wanttotalk, I won’t push you.”
Lily seemed a bit disappointed; Sierra used to share everything with her, but now she was holdingback.
Seeing Lily like this, Sierra felt uneasy.
After a long pause, she finally said, “Grandma,I’ve fallenforsomeoneIshouldn’t have.”
Lily didn’t seem surprised. “Is it the gentleman who helped us out last time?”
“Do you know who he is?”
Sierra was somewhat startled.
Lilychuckledand patted Sierra’s hand, “My eyes aren’t blind; it was quite obvious.”
Sierra might not have realized, but her trust in Jonathan was clear whenshewas around him.
“Why shouldn’t you like him?”Lilyasked.
“He’stoogood!”
Sierra’s smilewastinged with bitterness. If she hadn’t been throughsomuch, if she didn’t have so much to deal with, she might have considered trying things withJonathan. But she couldn’t.
Three years in prison left not only countlessscarson her body but also deepmarkson her soul.
Andthenthere were people like Kason and Shane around; she couldn’t drag Jonathan into hell with her.
Seeing her likethis, Lily sighed and said, “Honestly, I don’t approve either. That gentleman seemstooperfect; I worry youmightbe mistreated.”
It wasn’tthatshe was concernedaboutsocial standing,butsomeold rules made sense. Matches betweenequalslasted longer; otherwise, ifSierrgot mistreated later, they couldn’t do much about it.
“Don’t worry,grandina,Iknow.”
Sierra never thoughtaboutwhat could happen withJonathan;if it hadn’t been for the alcohol, she would neverhaverevealedher feelings.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t evenremainfriends with Jonathan now. After what she said that day, she clearly sensedhisanger.
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Chapter 133 Keep Your Distance!
After Sterra nodded, Jonathan let go of her and stepped aside.
Finished
How could someone as proud as him tolerate being played or rejected! From that day on, Sierra subconsciously avoided Jonathan, even skipping his classes.
Jonathan must have felt her avoidance.
After leaving the hospital, Sierra was ready to head to the lab; it was the final stage, and she needed to wrapthingsup quickly.
At the hospital’s entrance, she saw Evan. He looked much more worn than just a fewdaysago.
Evan hadn’t expected to see Sierra either; he hesitated, seemingly wanting to say something but, recalling Sierra’s attitude, he hesitated.
Sierra,however, passed by as if she hadn’t seen him at all.
Even after she was gone, Evan couldn’t find the words to speak.
He was there today to ask a friend to helpfinda heart donor; Denny’ssituationwas grim. Traditionally, he would have blamed Sierra for Denny’s condition.
But seeing Sierra’s indifferent eyes, he felt hecouldn’tblame her.
He didn’t like this change; things used to be sogood. If only they could go back to how things were before. He hoped that without Jonathan’s interference, Sierra might reconcile with them.
Sierra had no idea what Evan was thinking; if she did, she might have wanted to crack open his head to see what the scholarwaspondering.
These days, Sierra was fully focused on finishing the experiments. Her progress was rapid; within just a few days, she had completed thefinalstages, and clinical trials were up next.