Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 15

Chapter 15

“Sharon, I’ve explained this to you a hundred times. There’s nothing between me and Kelly–not the way you think. Can you stop being so paranoid?”

Sharon’s tone was flat. “Whatever you and Kelly have going on has nothing to do with me. I’ve already signed the divorce papers. When do we go file them?”

“Divorce?” Carter’s lips curled into a cold smile. “Sharon, for the past five years, you’ve been a full–time housewife. You haven’t worked. After divorcing me, what could you possibly do out there? You won’t even be able to support yourself.

“And you can forget about Theo. You won’t get custody. Even if you go to court, you’ve got no job, no income. There’s no chance. Sharon, a smart woman knows when to stop. Push too hard, and it’ll only backfire.”

A chill spread through her chest.

So that was what her years of devotion amounted to–not gratitude, but leverage. A weakness to be used against her.

Even Theo, the child she’d raised since birth, only looked at her now with resentment and frustration.

She had failed–completely.

Sharon locked eyes with Carter. “No job, no income? But before I had Theo, I had a good job. I made decent money. You were the one who said you didn’t trust a stranger, a nanny, to take care of Theo. You asked me to quit and stay home.”

you made… what good would that have done?

for raking in money by the truckload. But what I made was enough to support myself. At the very least, I wouldn’t have to endure your family calling me a leech. I wouldn’t have to listen to your friends mocking

How pathetic.

given up her career, her independence—everything–for the sake of this family,

in the end, she was the

that much about what people think? Besides, Nate

No harm?

least knew how to conceal her contempt, then Nate wore his on his face like a badge of

the nerve to say they had no

Was he blind?

then why get upset over something I said to Kelly? Besides, I didn’t mean her any harm.

Carter’s face

going

pain,‘ she thought, ‘once you cross, you just go

words that used to pierce her heart? Now they

gaze was steady in a

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