Chapter 46 Cutting Ties

Sierra spoke calmly, “That brings me to my third condition. I’ll stay with bKason/b, but from now on, I have nothing to do with bthe /bXander family.Remove me from the family registry. I’d rather die than be on the same household record as you On top of that, we cut all ties. I want awyer to make it officialpletely sever everything legally.If we can’t stand each other, then why bother seeing each other at all?”

Her words sent the entire living room into stunned silence. Just a moment ago, the Xander family bhad /bbeen furious, but now, they were frozen. It took a while before Bradley finally found his voice.

“Do you even know what you’re saying?”

How was this possible? She was Sierra–the bsame /bSierra who had always craved even the smallest bit of affection from them. How could she say something like this?

“Stop messing around. Without us, without the Xander family, you’re nothing. Let’s just forget this conversation ever happened. Go upstairs, Bradley said urgently. He was afraid if he waited too long, his father might actually agree. After all, their father had never wanted Sierra back in the first ce.

Sierra

“Sierra let out ba /bmockingugh. “Do you really think I bcare /babout being ‘Miss Xander‘? What has that title

le ever given me? Oh, right. Three years in prison. And a psychotic fiancé. If anyone wants this ‘Miss Xander‘ title, they can have it.”

With that, she stood up. Her gaze swept across the room,nding on each member of the Xander family, her expression ice- cold.

That’s my condition. Think it over.”

She turned to head upstairs, but Franklin’s voice cut through the air.

I don’t agree. And you’ll do exactly as I say.”

He had been ready to give up, but Sierra bwas /bpushing too far, daring to negotiate with him.

His eyes turned cold as he stared her down. “It’s easy to make someone disappear in this world. Your grandmother is still in the hospital, isn’t she?”

Sierra’s expression shified instantly. If she had been mocking before, now she looked like a wolf bdrenched /bin blood–wild and unhinged. Her eyes burned with madness.

“Try it and see what happens. Thanks to you people, I learned a lot during those three years inside. If you want to find out just bhow /bmuch, I don’t mind giving you a taste.”

“Aah!”

flicked to Denise, and a slow, sinister smile spread bacross /bbher /blips. “Why don’t we start with your precious Denise?”

Denise let out ba /bbsharp /bscream, binstinctively /bstumbling bbackward /bba /bfew steps.

Bradley brushed /bto pull her to his side. He wanted to say something, but looking into bSierra’s /bbeyes/b–burning with raw hatred- he found himself at a loss for words.

Even Franklin was shaken. The Sierra he remembered had always been weak and timid. But the way she had just looked at him…

For the first time, he felt afraid.

Me had braised /ba wolf.

The room was dead silent as Sierra turned and walked toward her room.

Tap, Tap. Tap.

Her slow, deliberate footsteps echoed, sending chills down their spines. It sounded like a death knell.

2:17 PM

Chapter 46 Cutting Ties

A long time passed before Eleanor finally whispered, “How did ite to this?”

No one answered.

They all wanted to know–how had things ended up like this?

Finished

They had thought they were doing what was best for Sierra. So why bhad /bthey only driven her further band /bfurther awayb? /b

Thinking back to his father’s threat just now, Bradley couldn’t help but say, “Dad, you shouldn’t have said that.”

He bhad /bseen firsthand how much Sierra bcared /babout bher /bgrandmother.

“Shut up!

bFranklin /bwas already irritated, and now being questioned by his own son made him even more displeased.

Just then, Denise, who had been quiet this whole time, suddenly spoke.

“So… should we agree to her conditions?”

Everyone instincively turned toward Sierra’s room.

Evan frowned. “Of course not! We were already in the wrong for sending bher /bto prison in the first bce/b. Now we’re just bgoing /bto hand her over to Kason?”

Denise’s eyes flickered as she lowered her head. “It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t–if it weren’t for me, she wouldn’t have gone to prison. None of bthis /bwould have happened. I deserve this…”

slipped down her face as she started trembling–her usual telltale sign of an oing episode.

Panic immediately spread through the room.

“It’s not your fault! Don’t me yourself, Denise! We’ll fix this. We’ll make it up to Sierra! Yeah, she’s just saying this out of anger. Once she realizes how much we love her, she’ll forgive us.”