NovelFastChapter 432 1 Should've Noticed Left with no choice, Jean tapped the screen and ended the call.
Why isn't he answering again....
Her eyes dropped, emotions swirling quietly in them.
At the stime- Her phone buzzed repeatedly with message alerts.
Winston was still texting her nonstop.
Winston: "Maybe something urgent cup..." Winston: "Why'd he stop responding so suddenly?" Winston: "Don't tellyou're about to go off the grid too?" Jean:...
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJean: "Ahem. I'm still here. Not going anywhere." Winston replied almost immediately.
Winston: "Yeah, I figured." Jean: "I actually just got a call from Dalton." Winston: "What did he say?" + Pearts Jean: "Not much... he only said a few words before the call dropped. I tried calling back, but he didn't pick up." Jean: "But judging by his voice, he didn't sound well. Like... sick." Winston: "Sick?" Jean thought back to Dalton's strange behavior over the past two days-and she couldn't help but start piecing it together.
Maybe he had already been feeling sick long before the tournament even started.
Maybe that's why he'd been so quiet. Why he barely spoke. Why his performance kept swinging between brilliant and disastrous. Why the mistakes piled up.
He didn't say anything about it. He just pushed through it, silently.
And he really did push all the way to the end-helping the team win the championship.
Jean's brow furrowed tightly.
Her phone kept vibrating with incoming messages.
Winston: "What exactly do you think's wrong? Telleverything." 1/2 Chapter 432 I Should've Noticed Jean scanned the screen and quickly typed back.
Jean: "I don't know the full picture. I'm just guessing he's been sick for a while." Jean: "Think about it—he barely talked during matches, was hard to reach during breaks, and his performance kept fluctuating..." Jean: "He probably hasn't been feeling well this whole time. That would explain a lot." Winston went silent again.
A few minutes passed before he responded.
Winston: "I should've noticed. I should've asked how he was doing." Jean blinked.
She hadn't expected that.
He was... blaming himself? +8 Pearls:
Given how awkward things were between Winston and Dalton, the two of them had been ayolding any real m had been interaction. Winston had always been cold toward him, carrying long-held resentment. But now... Winston sounded like he regretted not speaking to him more. Not checking in when it mattered.
Jean: “I didn't think you'd say that. I thought you hated Dalton. Like, didn't care what happened to him." Winston: "I'm the team captain. He's my teammate. It's my responsibility to look out for him."
Winston: "Don't read too much into it.
Yeah, I don't like the guy. But when it comes to health-what kind of person wouldn't care?" So many words, just to justify that one feeling.
Jean couldn't help but smile helplessly as she puffed her cheeks.
This guy was so stubborn. He clearly cared-but refused to admit it.
Jean: "Yeah, yeah. I get it. No need to explain that much." Jean: "So what now? What do we do about Dalton?" Jean: “I'm seriously worried, but I can't reach him. I don't know what's going on."
Jean: "If we hadn't dragged him into the tournament, maybe he could've rested properly. Maybe he wouldn't En.
have ended up like this." Winston: "That guy... still as tough as ever." Send Gifts to access chapters of early and in the highest quality.
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