Chapter 290
Sienna merely held her hand out to him, her expression completely detached and resolute.
She wanted her phone, nothing more.
Jarred stared at her outstretched hand as if he were staring at a blade pressed against his throat.
His Adam’s apple bobbed, his voice unimaginably hoarse. “Why won’t you just believe me?
I never wanted to lie to you, and I certainly never wanted to hurt you p>
“You never wanted to hurt me p>
It was as if Jarred had just stabbed the most painful, vulnerable part of Sienna’s heart.
She raised her gaze to look at him, her eyes holding nothing but disgust and deep impatience. “But in the end, the person who hurt me the most has always been you p>
Jarred’s breath hitched.
Sienna looked right at him, emphasizing every word. “You ask me why I won’t believe you? Well, what about you? Have you ever believed me p>
She stared into Jarred’s eyes, her own filled with nothing but disgust and overwhelming impatience.
“When Celeste framed me for hurting your grandfather, and when your mother and grandmother hurled vicious insults at me p>
You just stood there, watching coldly from the sidelines, silently endorsing it all. Why didn’t you say you weren’t hurting me then p>
Jarred opened his mouth, but the sound caught in his throat, rendering him completely speechless.
Seeing his choked expression, Sienna let out a cold scoff.
“I saw with my own eyes how Celeste deliberately provoked your grandfather, making him so agitated he lost control.
But the moment it happened, she pretended to faint to shirk responsibility, and you protected her the entire time, making excuses for her. Did you ever consider believing me then p>
Sienna’s voice grew more agitated, trembling with suppressed emotion.
She took a deep breath, trying to push down all the accumulated grievance and anger, but she couldn’t contain it.
Those emotions surged from her chest like a suffocating wave of despair, stinging her eyes, but she desperately fought the tears back.
“Instead of wasting time with me here, you should open your eyes and take a good look at whether the people around you are saints or monsters p>
Jarred was rendered entirely speechless by her outburst.
The composed veneer in his eyes began to fracture, replaced by a turbulent mix of emotions.
His face darkened, his somber gaze suppressing a monstrous storm.
After a long silence, he finally spoke, his tone carrying an unspeakable helplessness.
“Years ago, Celeste searched for me in that remote, deep forest for three days and three nights p>
Sienna’s eyelashes fluttered.
“To save my life when I was on the brink of death, she trekked through the mountains to find medicinal. herbs. By the time she carried me down Azure Ridge, she was. half-dead herself p>
Jarred took a deep breath. “Her body was permanently weakened from that ordeal p>
He looked up at Sienna, his deep eyes brimming with a sincerity that bordered on begging.
“Her fainting spell today couldn’t have been faked; her fragile body simply can’t handle any stress p>
Sienna stood rooted to the spot, utterly stunned as if she had been struck by lightning. She raised her eyes in disbelief.
“Azure Ridge p>
Jarred gave a slight nod, his hands: unconsciously balling into fists at his sides. “I was kidnapped when I If it weren’t for her t was sixteelivet wouldn’t be alive today p>
Looking at the absolute devotion in his eyes, a sudden, absurd wave of sheer ridicule washed over Sienna.
She had never realized just how laughable fate could be.
Azure Ridge.
A girl finding him in the deep mountains, gathering herbs for him, carrying him down the mountain, and saving his life.
She remembered every single detail of those events with crystal clarity.
Because she was that girl.
But Jarred just said it was Celeste Carlyle.
Sienna’s hands trembled faintly at her sides.
She thought back on everything that had happened over the past few years-every word Celeste had spoken to Jarred, every innocent expression she wore, every tear she shed. Suddenly, it all made perfect sense.