When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

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Jean hadn’t expected Carl to explain himself so directly and cleanly.

His expression was cold and serious, and his eyes stared straight at her without wavering.

She blinked at him, unsure of how to respond.

This version of Carl definitely made her feel a bit… out of her depth.

In the end, she nodded toward him and smiled. “Mm, I got it-”

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“If you didn’t know, then Queenie acted on her own.” Jean arched a brow, and though her pale complexion still showed signs of illness, her eyes were sharp and spirited. “So promise me, don’t let Queenie off the hook, okay?”

“You’ve got to punish her properly–do it for me!”

Carl didn’t respond immediately. But after hearing her words, the corners of his tightly pressed lips lifted ever so slightly, forming a faint, subtle curve.

He smiled.

Jean paused for a moment.

It was like a frost–covered flower had finally revealed a single soft petal under the first touch of sunlight-

ice had melted,

hardly ever seen this

what I said really that

shifted as

say stuff like that

When he smiled,

heard her thoughts, of course. He didn’t say

the cold stillness in his chest was

fully recovered, so stay here and rest for now.” Carl suddenly shifted the topic, his tone

a word out, Carl continued, as if he already knew what she was about to say. “You don’t have to worry about the Ginger family. I’ve already called them. They know

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was actually this

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completely freaked

had already made

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some reason, felt a faint, lingering sense of

from the beginning–if he’d stopped Queenie from taking Jean into that

none of

days, Jean continued staying at

and several health checks, the doctors finally confirmed she was fine, and she was allowed to leave

of her time