Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 168

Chapter 168

Everything happened so fast-too fast for Kelly to react, let alone Wendy, or even Xavier and Matty.

Everyone had assumed Sharon would just swallow the humiliation quietly. No one saw that coming.

Setting the glass back on the table, Sharon gave a faint, composed smile. “You ruined my dress. I ruined yours. Fair, right? Since you’re so against changing, you can just wear it as-is.”

With that, she turned to walk away.

But before she could take a full step, a hand grabbed her wrist.

Behind her came Carter’s voice-low, cold, laced with frost. “Sharon.”

His tone was sharp enough to cut. “Kelly already apologized. She said it wasn’t on purpose. Did you really have to go that far?” (1

Sharon jerked her wrist free.

“I don’t care if it was an accident or not,” she said, her voice firm. “She ruined my dress, so she doesn’t get to walk into the showcase in hers. Adults take responsibility for their actions. Not every apology deserves forgiveness.”

eyes-dark as obsidian, glimmering like wet stones-locked onto

don’t owe her patience or kindness. If you don’t want her to suffer, keep her away

with that, she

face flushed with anger, made a move to block her, but Carter

crossed a line!” Nate yelled, his voice shaking. “All Kelly did was spill a little coffee,

her whole

and dress, and no amount of dabbing would fix it. She needed a full-on shower

makeup, the styling-it had taken over three painstaking hours to put

a stylist

might be able to stall the show-maybe for thirty minutes at best. Any longer, and no one else

more Nate thought about it, the

off that stage!” he ranted. “If Kelly misses her time slot, Sharon’s going to turn around and accuse the judges of bias and try to get Kelly

her whole body tight with

the styling-her

jaw hard, fury boiling in her

sure Sharon

Matty’s dressing room, Wendy was practically glowing