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.”

as obsidian, glimmering like wet stones-locked

her to suffer, keep her away from me. Otherwise, I can’t promise what

with that, she walked

made a move to

shaking. “All Kelly did was spill a little coffee, and Sharon threw

her whole

and no amount of dabbing would

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

Even if they called in a stylist last minute, what

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

about

turn around

trembling, her whole

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

clenched her jaw hard, fury boiling in

She would make sure Sharon

dressing room, Wendy was