Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 28

By the time Sharon and Xavier stepped out of the station, the sky had already dimmed.

Sharon turned to look at Xavier and said quietly, “Thank you, Mr. Cooper.”

Xavier smiled faintly. “Matty likes you. Let’s just call it an employee benefit.” Then he asked, “Want me to deal with the stories spreading online?”

Sharon’s eyes flickered. “You’re saying… you can get them taken down?”

He raised an eyebrow. “What, you don’t believe me?”

“You probably already know who I am,” Sharon replied. “I’m Carter Biggs’s wife. In this city, the Biggs family reigns. If he wants something done, there aren’t many people who could stop him.”

Xavier seemed slightly surprised. “You think he’s behind this?”

Sharon let out a dry, bitter laugh. “Who else could it be?”

A glint passed through Xavier’s eyes. So their marriage was even worse than he’d imagined. He hadn’t even made his move yet, and they were already at war?

After a pause, he said, “If I said I could take care of it, I can. No need to overthink it. Just tell me whether you want it done.”

Sharon said, “Forget the news. I do have something else I’d like to ask you for.”

was a spark of curiosity in Xavier’s

whispered a few words

low laugh. “Now that’s clever. Much better than just burying the

care of it.”

Mr. Cooper. Truly,” Sharon

he said casually,

gently.

she’d already made up her mind. She was committed to this job–and

Haven’t

her out in a big way. Of course she wouldn’t say

“Sure. Dinner’s on me.”

He smiled. “Deal.”

finished eating, night had completely

excused herself to the restroom, but instead went to the front counter to pay the

head back, a burst of blinding flashes lit up and a crowd of

around her in an

the man dining with

rumors about your ambiguous relationship with John. How many