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

her patience or kindness. If you don’t want her to suffer, keep her away from me. Otherwise, I

that, she

with anger, made a move to block her, but

yelled, his voice shaking. “All Kelly did was

her whole look’s

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

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

to start. Even if they called in a stylist last minute, what could

show-maybe for thirty minutes at best. Any longer, and no

Nate thought about it, the angrier he

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

stood trembling, her whole body

had cost way more than Sharon’s. And the styling-her look had been perfectly

her jaw hard, fury boiling in

sure Sharon got humiliated before the day was

Wendy was practically glowing with