The Bond Between Us ( Anastasia and Herman) novel Chapter 1176

Anastasia’s words stopped Juliana in her tracks.

After all this running in circles, she’d somehow ended up asking Sandy’s half-sister for help. The irony wasn’t lost on her.

Would Anastasia really help, though? The odds seemed laughably slim.

Juliana’s eyes filled with sorrow. It felt like that last sliver of hope she’d clung to had finally slipped through her fingers.

But when Anastasia saw the tears on Juliana’s face, something in her softened. “I can have a word with Herman,” she said quietly. “Maybe he can talk to Scott for you.”

A spark of hope flickered in Juliana’s eyes.

“Really?” she breathed, hardly daring to believe it. “You’ll help me? You mean it?”

“I said I’d try,” Anastasia replied, her tone cool but not unkind. “Whether Scott listens is another story. If it doesn’t work out, don’t come crying to me. You have a knack for blaming others when things go wrong.”

Truth be told, Anastasia hadn’t planned to get involved. But Juliana was hopelessly romantic—one of those rare people who still believed in love against all odds. Anastasia had always had a soft spot for people like that, so she decided to step in.

“Of course not!” Juliana said quickly, tears of relief welling up. “Just you being willing to help is enough for me. I’d never blame you.”

Wiping her cheeks, Juliana’s mind suddenly flashed to Sandy. “How did Sandy end up as your sister? She told me her name was Sandia, that she got married, and her family treated her terribly.”

Anastasia raised an eyebrow. “How did you meet her?”

Juliana cast her mind back. “It was in this little restaurant. I was feeling awful—my mother-in-law was hounding Scott to have a child with someone else after my miscarriage. I ran into Sandia—Sandy—there. She’d lost a child too, and her husband’s family blamed her, just like me. I guess misery loves company. We just clicked.”

Listening, Anastasia quickly pieced it together. Sandy had approached Juliana on purpose.

But if Sandy’s target was Scott, why not just go after him directly? Why jump through all these hoops?

That could only mean Scott wasn’t the original target.

Juliana had blamed Anastasia for her miscarriage, even getting her dragged into a police investigation. Thinking about it now, Anastasia saw it all more clearly.

She studied Juliana. “Did Sandy ever talk to you about how to deal with me?”

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