When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

When the Book–Traveling Girl Meets the Reborn Girl

Chapter 437 A Devastating Blow

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“As for Mr. Dalton’s illness,” the housekeeper said, her voice tight as she bit her lip. I’m not entirely sure. I’m no medical expert… but I heard it’s bone cancer. A tumor growing inside the bone.”

Her words landed like a hammer in the quiet room, and everything fell into a stunned silence.

Jean froze.

Her breath caught in her throat, her eyes trembling with disbelief. Her fingers curled tightly into her palms.

She had braced herself for something serious, had even prepared for the worst.

But this… this still hit like a punch to the chest.

Bone cancer.

A serious illness, no question.

Next to her, Winston didn’t speak.

His face was devoid of expression–like it had been wiped clean by a layer of frost. He looked calm, but the sharp set of his jaw and the tension in his shoulders gave him away.

to glance at

of ink that refused to lighten, as if

was something frightening in

restrained storm. Grief

out and grabbed

you okay?” she asked softly, worry tightening her

faint tremble in his arm. Subtle, but

Her brows furrowed deeper.

“Winston?” she called again.

by a truck. On the surface, he was quiet and composed, but she could feel the

asked finally, his voice cold and sharp, slicing through the quiet like icewater.

getting treatment for years… it’s never really gone away. Lately,

slightly, like the air–had been knocked out

a step back, and just like that, all the coldness, all the

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saw something

Confusion. Pain:

He wasn’t calm anymore.

He looked… vulnerable.

stared at him, stunned, unable to say a