Chapter <b>527 </b>A One–in–Ten–Thousand Chance
<b>Winston’s </b>expression sharpened. “Who was <b>it</b>?”
He had thought that Jean, at this stage, wouldn’t <b>had </b>dealt with years ago…
<i>Ill </i>be facing the same kind of exclusion <b>and </b><b>bullying </b><b>she </b>
But from the way she spoke, it sounded like she was running into social trouble again at university <b>and </b><b>that </b>made Winston’s heart instinctively clench.
“A girl from my ss,” Jean said, without naming names. “I know she doesn’t like me. She’s <b>trying </b><b>to </b>
make trouble for me.”
Then, she gave a breezy, indifferent smile. “She tripped me on purpose today.”
A chill settled in Winston’s eyes. He clenched his jaw and said in a hard tone, “Is she tired of living?”
“Jean, don’t worry. I’ll take care of-”
“No.” Jean shook her head quickly. She smiled at Winston, though her gaze wasyered withplexity. “There’s something different about her.”
“Anyway, I see her clearly now. I won’t let her get away with it again.”
She grabbed Winston’s hand and gave it a yful shake, smiling. “I only told you this because I want you to always be on my side, no matter what happens…”
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<i>Even </i><i>if </i><i>she </i><i>ends </i><i>up </i><i>meaning </i><i>something </i><i>special </i><i>to </i><i>you</i>. <i>Is </i><i>that </i>too <i>much </i><i>to </i><i>hope </i><i>for</i><i>? </i>Winston gripped Jean’s hand in return, his fingers tightening suddenly.
Jean blinked, momentarily stunned.
“What exactly is so special about her?” There was a dangerous glint in his eyes. “You don’t have to cover for her, just tell me. Even if you don’t, I’ll look into it myself.”
Jean met the cold edge in his gaze and hesitated for a beat before murmuring, “Her name is Sarah.” Back at her apartment, Jean was still mulling over her conversation with Winston.
She wasn’t sure if what she’d done was truly the right move…
But she also didn’t want to dwell on it anymore.
Her original thinking had been simple, if Sarah wanted toe back, so be it. If she wanted to drive out the imposter noble who’d taken her ce, Jean didn’t care–she’d give everything back, walk away, and start a quiet, decent life elsewhere…
She wouldn’t y the role the original Jean had yed in her past life–the vicious cannon fodder who tried to make Sarah’s life miserable.
Jean didn’t want conflict. All she wanted was to get through this storyline peacefully.
But after today, everything had changed. Completely<b>. </b>
It was Sarah who wouldn’t let her go.
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Chapter <b>527 </b>A <b>One</b><b>–</b><b>in</b><b>–</b><b>Ten </b>Thousand Chance
<b>There </b><b>was </b><b>no </b><b>reason </b><b>for </b><b>her </b><b>to </b><b>keep </b>enduring <b>everything </b><b>silently</b>, <b>doing </b><b>nothing </b><b>in </b><b>return</b>.
<b>So </b><b>Jean </b>had decided to fight back.
<b>She </b><b>used </b>to think the Ginger family and Sarah were true blood rtives. If Sarah <b>came </b><b>back</b>,
She would step aside on her own, let them reunite as a family.
But not anymore.
She didn’t want to give up her “mom” or her “brother“…
<i>What </i><i>if </i><i>there </i>was <i>a </i>one–in<i>–</i><i>ten</i>–<i>thousand </i><i>chance </i><i>that </i><i>Sienna </i><i>and </i><i>her </i><i>brothers </i><i>would </i><i>choose </i><i>her </i><b><i>over </i></b><b><i>Sarah</i></b><b><i>? </i></b><b>It </b>was <b>a </b><i>tiny </i><i>chance</i>–<i>but </i>not <i>zero</i><i>. </i>That was why she had tested Winston’s feelings today.
And his response… had moved her deeply.
But she wasn’t sure that, once Sarah appeared–once blood ties kicked in, once the heroine aura <b>came </b><b>into </b>full effect–Winston would still be as resolute as he was now.
Still, she didn’t mindying everything out for him. She didn’t mind telling Winston–and <b>even </b>the <b>rest </b><b>of </b>the Ginger family–about everything Sarah had done to her since school started.
She didn’t owe Sarah anything. If anything, she hoped the Ginger family ended up with a bad impression <b>of </b>her.
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