Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 184

Chapter 184

Sharon didn’t so much as flinch under Nate’s glare.

“So, Nate,” she said calmly, “have you made up your mind?”

In the crowd, quite a few people had business ties with Nate’s family-and just as many came from rival families.

Nate had never been known for watching his mouth. He’d offended more people than he could remember. If he backed out of his bet now, the whole thing would get blown out of proportion. It could even damage his family’s company.

Still, resentment simmered beneath his skin. He turned toward Carter, silently begging for backup. If anyone could stop Sharon, it was him. She always listened to Carter.

But Carter didn’t look his way. His expression was unreadable, his eyes locked on Sharon.

Nate’s jaw twitched, humiliation tightening every muscle in his body. Then, under the weight of silence and watching eyes, he dropped to his knees.

“Woof… woof, woof!”

laughter. They

it had been struck. He didn’t have to look up to

ever prepared, recorded the

him try bullying

disgust. The whole

But Madeline wasn’t nearly as restrained. She scoffed, her

she’s suddenly so arrogant. She didn’t even finish high school. Barely made it past middle school. So what if she can play the violin? All real

single member of the Biggs family was smiling. They looked more like

always be a stain. If she ever made

winning is still winning. If you have that much time to

shifted slightly and landed on Theo, who was lingering nearby, visibly

parenting is raising someone who can’t handle other people’s success and reacts with jealousy… then all I can say is,

she came here to do. There was no reason to stay.