When the Family 364

Chapter 364 I Came to Check on You

Jean let her head fall back onto the pillow, eyes closing on instinct.

Oddly enough, maybe it was psychological, but the pain in her head seemed to ease just a little.

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She tossed her phone aside, too exhausted to keep chatting with Winston. It kept dinging beside her with several new messages…

Winston had sent her quite a few texts, but none of them got a reply.

Half–conscious, Jean drifted in a haze–somewhere between dreaming and waking.

And then, in a daze-

She thought she saw her bedroom door slowly creak open.

Her lashes trembled faintly, and her eyes fluttered halfway open.

A tall, lean silhouette appeared without warning at the edge of her blurry vision.

Jean instinctively widened her eyes, trying to make out who it was…

world in front of her felt dim and muddled, swirling in a dark

head was

quickly

peppermint, low and lazy beside

It was…

Jean’s fingers twitched.

It was Winston.

lips. Her vision was still fuzzy, but her mind sharpened slightly.

bent one knee, crouching beside

side of her face. “I sent you a bunch of messages.

I remembered you said

awkwardly, lips tugging to one

clearing, and she could start to make

voice was soft, threaded with a hint of sweetness. “That’s kind

much,” Winston cut

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lay

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shut

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little sister. He didn’t know why

Ginger family to ask how

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