When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

Chapter 390 Tough Words, Soft Heart

After she sent the message, Winston went silent again. The pause stretched on–long enough that Jean started to think he might not reply at all-

Then suddenly, a new message popped up from Winston.

Winston texted: “He really… said that to you?”

Jean didn’t respond right away. She just stared at the message for a few seconds.

Even though it was only plain text, she could almost see it–Winston’s hesitation, his confusion, that flicker of emotion he didn’t quite know how to express…

She couldn’t help but start typing.

Jean texted: “Of course it’s true. So can you not be so harsh with him? It’s just a game–you don’t even have to see him in person. And I’m the one who talked him into joining the team. If you kick him now, that’s basically undermining me. Can’t you just let him stay?”

Jean no longer held out hope that the two of them would resolve their misunderstanding and make up.

One of them had gone full zen, the other was like a hedgehog–bristling and reactive.

Jean didn’t have the energy to force it anymore.

But she didn’t want Winston to kick Dalton out of the team over some old grudge–especially when she’d worked so hard to convince him to join.

would be so humiliating for

was thinking that, Winston sent

him while we’re still playing together. We’ll talk after the

quick agreement caught Jean off

him down first–with coaxing, bargaining, maybe even a little

So-

just hate Dalton. Maybe there was still something

“Alright, it’s

matter was settled,

being able to keep Dalton on the team was already a win–that had been her goal

immediately sent

attitude–he agreed not to kick you off the team. But if you don’t want to stay on the team with him, that’s totally fine too. You were kind of treated unfairly, so it’s completely your call, haha. I’m the

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390 Tough

take full responsibility!”

replied right away, he

stay. I’ll keep playing