Chapter 554 Just Think About Yourself Winston didn't finish his sentence. He pressed his lips into a hard line and stared deeply at Jean.
She knew he was worried. Her voice softened instinctively. "I'm sorry. It was my fault..." She backed down fast, and just like that, sof the chill in Winston's expression faded.
+8 Pears “I just... didn't know how to face everything all of a sudden," she continued gently. "That's why I left early for school. I get why you're upset. It's normal." Winston gave a slight nod. "It's a lot to deal with. But don't carry it all by yourself, okay?" His gaze was deep and steady, like a silent midnight sky. "We'll face it together." Jean looked into his eyes and nodded hard. "Okay. I understand." Only then did Winston fully relax. "Mom and the others were really worried. But I told them not to panic- because I figured you probably cto school. That's why I cto check on you first." "I'm glad," he said, raising his brows slightly. A rare smile tugged at the corner of his lips. "I'm really glad you're still here..." Jean's heart skipped. Her gaze wavered slightly. "Why?" she asked.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWinston's brow furrowed. "Why what?" "Why are you still being so kind to me?" Her voice trembled with barely held-back emotion. "We're not even related by blood anymore, and you still care about me. I mean, I can't stand Sarah. Sometimes I even fantasize about her never coming back to the Ginger family at all...” Her eyes were slightly red as she let the words spill out.
"But she's your real sister. She's Mom's real daughter. She didn't ask for any of this. She's a victim too. I know I shouldn't resent her, but I do. And even then, you all still treatso well..." She took a deep breath, blinking hard. "It makesfeel guilty. Like I don't deserve it." Winston said nothing. He just stared at her, quiet and unmoving, as if reading every tangled thought in her eyes.
Then he pulled her gently into his arms and held her there.
"Right now, the only thing you need to think about is yourself," he said.
"Even frowning doesn't look good on you." His cool, clear voice echoed softly above her head. She could almost hear the sigh hidden in it.
Jean didn't say another word. She simply closed her eyes and hugged him back.
Of course, there's no such thing as a secret that never leaks. Even though the Ginger family hadn't said anything about the truth behind the identity swap, the incident had taken place at Sienna's birthday banquet-in front of far too many guests.
It didn't take long for word to get out.
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Jean soon found news of it spreading across social media. To her surprise, there were even photos.
Someone had managed to snap a picture of her, Sarah, and Sieman standing together, capturing the three of them in one frame. That single photo spread like wildfire online.
The Stellarford Academy campus forum went wild. The homepage was instantly flooded.
"Real-life noble swap?!" “Isn't this straight out of a ?"
"So Jean wasn't just sstaff member's illegitimate daughter+she was part of the Ginger family?! Well... not anymore, I guess."
"Jean's last nis Ginger, but who would've guessed she was from that Ginger family? You'd never know by Idoking. She really kept it under wraps." to access chapters of early and in the highest quality.