Chapter 559 Just Say What You Want to Say

Just thinking about it gave her a headache.

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Jean stood at the gates of the Ginger family estate, staring up at the grand, ornate doors with a long, weary sigh.

After hesitating a moment, she finally squared her shoulders and stepped inside.

Thankfully, the entry hall wasn’t crowded. More importantly–Sarah wasn’t there.

“Jean!” Sienna was the first to rush over, eyes full of warmth and relief. She looked at Jean like she was something precious. “You didn’t want me going to the school, so I waited here for you to come home.”

As she spoke, the rest of her brothers began to gather around. Winston had already seen her earlier, but now the rest had arrived as well. One by one, they looked her over, clearly relieved to see her walk through the door.

Their intense gazes–so full of affection and concern–fell on her all at once, leaving Jean slightly uncomfortable under the weight of it.

“Sorry for making you all worry,” she said softly, looking up and meeting their eyes. Her voice was sincere, her smile faint but steady. “It really wasn’t anything major. I just didn’t want to make a big deal out of it.”

She paused, then glanced past them toward the far end of the hall. “Where’s Sarah? She’s not here?”

The air shifted.

them froze for a fraction of

she would still be bitter or hurt. They didn’t expect her to bring up Sarah at all–let alone

out a breath and smiled.

“I see… Mom,” she said gently, her gaze sweeping over the others, “I’m going to head to bed. I’m really fine, no need to worry. It’s been a long

yawned a little, as if to emphasize her

like that, the rest

was still their Jean–calm, composed, and just like

her bedroom door,

expression went

away cleanly from the Ginger family, she had no intention of falling out with them. Keeping things stable, preserving the appearance of normalcy–this was

Jean sank back into thought

Her

family. That was exactly what

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in her thoughts, a sudden knock broke

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