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?”

laughed to

another

front of her face.

counts as considerate now? Kelly, your standards are embarrassingly

a close girlfriend might, and chimed in lightly, “Then

doing, the moment I call, he’ll come to me. Even if I’ve made a mistake, he’ll instinctively make excuses for me. And if someone refuses to forgive me, he’ll guilt

it belonged to someone who’s passed away—if I want it, he’ll make sure it ends up

and he’ll lose all logic and take my side without question. And…” She turned slightly, offering Kelly a

prepares a healing

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

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

brows. Something about what his mom

sounded eerily like that mean kid

he couldn’t help asking, “But… if someone pretends to be pitiful like that, why would people just believe them and take their

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

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when

words lodged themselves in Theo’s chest like a

was already starting