When the Family 250

Chapter 250 He’s Sharp

Asher slowly dropped his gaze.

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His face returned to its usual calm, as if the surprise Jean bad just seen on him had all been in her head.

Silence fell between them–heavy, still, almost suffocating.

He looked like a statue carved out of frost, frozen in place, unmoving and wordless.

Jean didn’t speak either.

She simply sat across from him, her lips pressed together in a patient line, waiting.

This wasn’t something you could rush.

She had to give him time. Let him find his footing.

“This whole thing…”

Finally, after what felt like forever, Asher parted his lips. His voice was low and hoarse, rough around the edges.

“I never planned on telling anyone. Not about that night. Not about… anything. It’s my family. And if the truth gets out before the time is right, it could hurt a lot of people.”

Jean nodded slowly, understanding.

agreed with his decision to stay

how everything

wrong move… if the wrong people

It could destroy him.

out eventually. He’d go back to the Lawson family, one way or another. But

Now wasn’t the time.

steadier now. “I’ve had… suspicions. Hunches. But no proof.

glanced up, locking eyes with Jean. His gaze

never would’ve even

“That? That was a shot in

faintly. “I’m not sure. But the chances feel like… seventy, eighty

or eighty?” Jean raised a

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Chapter 250 He’s Sharp

Kid, you’re being modest.

sitting on a one–hundred–percent plot

Still–he really was sharp.

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a second thought. Would’ve written it off as a coincidence. But Asher had pieced it together. Had

That wasn’t luck.

That was instinct–and brains.

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