When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

Chapter 553 You’re Being Mean to Me

She could feel the heat in Asher’s grip–gentle, yet firm, like a soft shackle that wouldn’t let her go.

“No matter what,” Asher said, voice low and steady, “to me, you’re just you. You have nothing to do with your family.”

Jean didn’t respond right away. She simply stared into his clear, sincere eyes.

“Thank you,” she finally said, lips curling into a faint smile.

Asher blinked, momentarily dazed by her expression. But then he held her gaze and went on. “If you’re ever in trouble, tell me. I’ll help you–no matter what.”

The genuine weight in his words warmed something inside her. Jean nodded, a little harder than she meant to, and the curve of her smile grew.

“You don’t even have to say it. If I’m ever in real trouble, you’ll be the first person I come to,” she teased lightly. “Just don’t try to run away then.”

Her easy tone seemed to lift something in him. Asher’s face relaxed a little, the heaviness in his features fading.

toward the dorm building. Asher

her room, Jean found it empty. Sofia wasn’t there. The apartment was completely quiet. She dropped her backpack by the bed, let out a long sigh, and

out for

might think, she couldn’t pretend she wasn’t disappointed. That was the

trying to change their fate. And from that moment on, her life

clearheaded. Backing out

she heard the front door

figured Sofia had returned and stood up to greet her. But when she opened her bedroom door,

dark and sharp as midnight, and his

“Hey…” she said, voice light

crossed the room in

in his presence, completely overshadowed by the weight of his

is the girls‘ dorm…”

you sneak

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