Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 146

Chapter 146

Carter noticed that after Sharon got in the car, she didn’t buckle her seatbelt. Instead, she just sat there, motionless, lost in thought.

“What is it?” he asked.

She didn’t respond. Her gaze was fixed, staring intently at something.

He followed her line of sight and saw the small sticker in front of her seat that read Reserved Seat. His eyes darkened slightly,

Without warning, he leaned in.

His tall frame loomed over her, and Sharon instinctively pulled back, her brows furrowing. But then, he reached out, only to draw the seatbelt from the side and fasten it for her.

She blinked, caught off guard.

His voice brushed against her ear. “Buckle up.” (1

From the back seat, Kelly’s expression twisted for the briefest second.

But she quickly covered it with a smile. “Sharon, even in the front seat, you should wear your seatbelt… See how considerate Carter is?”

to

So considerate he let another woman’s presence

front of her face.

a seatbelt counts as

and chimed in lightly,

me. Even if I’ve made a mistake, he’ll instinctively make excuses for me. And

not, even if it belonged

shed a few tears, look pitiful enough, and he’ll lose all logic and take my side without question. And…” She turned slightly,

close to him personally prepares a healing tonic for me. Because otherwise, how would I know he

Her face stiffened, and the cheer in her voice began to

she, as thick-skinned as she was, could hear the pointed edge in

the back seat, Theo furrowed his brows. Something about what

like that mean

“But… if someone pretends to be pitiful like that, why would people just

looked at him and replied calmly, “Because some people are good at pretending. And because most people are

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they care about more. Even when they sense something’s off, they’ll pretend not to see

themselves in Theo’s

Mom was already starting to side with