When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

Chapter 438 He Never Abandoned You

“Winston.”

Jean finally spoke, her voice soft as she called his name.

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Winston turned suddenly. His lashes were lowered, and the moment their eyes met, Jean saw it clearly–his eyes were tinged red, the light in them dim and unfocused.

“He’s been sick for a long time…” Winston muttered through clenched teeth. “Something this serious…”

Jean looked at him, quietly understanding what he must be feeling.

“I actually knew already,” she said gently, blinking as she spoke.

“I asked Dalton before. He told me he was sick,” she sighed, her voice turning complicated, “but I didn’t know it was this kind of sickness…”

Winston pressed his lips together, silent,

His thoughts drifted back to years ago–to when he saw Dalton sitting in a wheelchair on campus.

He’d been cold, sharp–tongued, and full of scorn back then.

Looking back now, Dalton had probably been forced into that wheelchair because his condition had worsened.

expression closely. She realized this might be her only chance,

“Winston…”

think you need to

at her serious

your best friend, wasn’t by your side. You felt betrayed. Abandoned. And that became a thorn

“But I want to tell you… Dalton never broke that promise. He never meant to abandon you. He was already sick back then.

you any real help, and might only drag you down. So he distanced himself. It wasn’t his choice.

her, and when she finished,

quiet the entire time, his eyes fixed

a cold sheet of ice. But

that frozen surface,

storm, building

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like a statue carved from

a long

slowly, that frozen mask began to crack–grief rising to

pressing his slender

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sick for years…” Winston’s voice was barely audible, rough with something close to a sob, “I kept wondering…

dipped