Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 172

Chapter 172

“Hey, Housewife, is it true what you said earlier? That you’ve never lost a violin match?” Nate’s voice cut through the room, loud enough to turn heads.

Sharon glanced over at Kelly, who stood nearby, clearly enjoying the spectacle. It only took a second for Sharon to realize what was going on.

“What, you trying to place a bet with me too?” she asked calmly.

Nate hesitated, caught off guard by how quickly she caught on. She was sharper than he expected.

“If you’re that confident, then yeah-why not make a bet?” he said, trying to sound bold.

Sharon’s expression stayed steady. “What kind of bet?”

Nate looked around theatrically, then raised his voice so that nearly everyone nearby could hear.

“If you lose, you get on your knees and bark like a dog. And if I lose, I’ll call you Mommy-or whatever you want. Your call.”

Sharon raised an eyebrow, unfazed. “You want to be my son? Does Theo know about this? I mean, I wouldn’t mind having another kid, but I doubt he’d be thrilled to have a brother your age.”

let out

onlookers-those who looked down on Sharon-couldn’t help but chuckle at her

struggled to keep his cool. He clenched his jaw but reminded himself

leaned in a little. “What’s the matter? Scared you’ll

right

lose, you get on your knees and bark like a dog. I’m not interested in adopting

his temper visibly

barks like a dog. And just to be clear any “accidents’ like fainting,

voice stayed even.

barely contained the excitement rising in his chest. “Then

she backed out later,

Carter and

little face twisted with

to look at her.

things up, she dumped juice all over Kelly. She never used to act like this. It had to be that annoying

contestants and their parents were

Kelly and Theo’s turn to head

the waiting area showed