Loving Mom 23

Tears streamed silently down Kelly’s cheeks, delicate and glistening like petals soaked in the rain. She looked fragile, heartbreakingly so.

Carter’s face was like ice. His cold, blade–sharp gaze landed on Sharon with cutting precision.

Kelly grabbed his arm in a panic. “Carter, it wasn’t Sharon’s fault. please don’t blame her. I just lost my balance…”

Theo rushed over, his voice full of worry. “Kelly, are you okay?”

Kelly forced a weak smile. “I’m fine…”

But before the words fully left her lips, she suddenly collapsed.

Without sparing Sharon another glance, Carter scooped Kelly into his arms and strode toward the car. Theo trailed after him, never once looking back.

Sharon stood frozen, watching the two of them walk away. Their retreating figures blurred slightly before her eyes. Her heart felt like it was trapped somewhere underneath an iced lake–cold, submerged, unreachable.

She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply, again and again, until her lungs steadied enough to move. Then, legs trembling, she turned and left.

Sharon had thought that since Xavier had paid her so much, his son Matty must be difficult to manage.

single day together, she

Quiet, obedient,

quietly closed the bedroom

it up. On the other end,

are you doing right now? Have you seen the

kept her voice low. “I just got

“You’re trending!”

“What

up your identity… ugh, it’s too much

skeptical, opened

they’d barely appeared together in public. Aside from a few of Carter’s acquaintances, hardly anyone

she

into the top

It was her face.

life of the mysterious Mrs. Biggs–McKinzie’s secret

several photos watermarked with “exclusive,” accompanied

and the unforgettable first love of

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