Chapter 23 How Will You Compensate, Roger?

Sierra woke up early in the morning. There was a delicate square velvet box beside her pillow. Sierra was stunned and opened it to find a dazzling diamond ring, Tiffany's classic style with a high carat weight. Sierra guessed who sent it and found it ironic.
Roger had forced her into a corner, almost raped her, and yet he had the nerve to send her a diamond ring! She was about to ask the nurse to return it when the door opened.
Roger came in and saw Sierra looking at the ring. He spoke gently: "Awake? Do you like it?"
Sierra closed the box and smiled faintly: "I like it."
"What woman doesn't like diamonds?" Roger said.
"But Roger, I don't want anything from you," Sierra replied calmly.
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Sierra thought she would feel disgusted and angry seeing him again but surprisingly felt calm as if treating him as a stranger. Maybe after despairing so much, she no longer loved him!
Roger lowered his head and said softly: "Sierra, this is my compensation for you without any other meaning."
Sierra looked up at him with tears held back: "Compensation? What do you owe me that needs compensating? If you really feel sorry for me then let my father go... I'll take my parents away from New York immediately and never appear before you again nor block your way! Please Roger, I beg of you!"
But Roger couldn't do that! He put his hands in his pockets standing straight saying: "Let's talk when you've figured things out."
Unable to hold back anymore, Sierra threw the diamond ring at him shouting: "Get out of here!"
The hard little box grazed past Roger's forehead leaving behind a thin bloodstain...
But he didn't care; he picked up the small box from the ground and put it in his pocket. One day, he would personally put this diamond ring on Sierra's finger and make her willingly become his woman.
"This was an accident, Sierra!" he said.
Sierra closed her eyes and told him to leave!
Roger wanted to say something more but the door opened again. Eric came in dressed up nicely today with a classic black-and-white suit, a crisp white shirt that accentuated his handsome face.
The atmosphere in the room was tense but Eric acted as if nothing had happened. He nodded slightly at Roger then walked over to Sierra's bed holding out a bill from the hospital: "Miss Adler, your medical expenses total 22,600... Can you transfer it to me?"
Sierra hadn't calmed down yet when Eric took her phone: "Miss Adler, you're really poor; there are only 18,000 yuan left in your account."
Sierra blushed with embarrassment while Eric continued seriously: "You still owe 4,600 yuan. How about playing golf with me another day? I'll waive that amount for you."
Sierra looked up at him with her chestnut hair cascading down past her waist looking soft and gentle all over. She placed her hand on Eric's arm and whispered softly: "I can accompany you now."
Eric glanced at her then back at Roger before smiling ambiguously saying: "Roger should leave first! Miss Adler will be shy if he stays here!"
This one sentence silenced Roger completely. He clenched the velvet box tightly until his knuckles turned white before forcing out a smile saying: "I won't disturb anymore."
He opened the door without looking back!
As soon as the door closed behind him, Sierra collapsed onto the bed feeling drained of energy whispering weakly: "Mr. Howard thank you!"
Eric put down her phone playfully asking teasingly: “Aren’t you going to keep me company?"
Sierra looked up at him surprised: "No... Mr. Howard, I was just cooperating with you earlier."
Eric continued to stare at her with his deep black eyes showing no emotion. With such a handsome face looking straight at her like that, any woman would feel something stirring inside them... Sierra felt her body tremble slightly as she realized the awakening of her feminine instincts.