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!”

into laughter. They couldn’t

like it had been struck. He didn’t have to look up to feel all the smug, mocking stares

ever prepared, recorded the

him try bullying Sharon again

turned away in disgust. The whole thing

it concerned him. But Madeline wasn’t nearly as restrained. She scoffed, her voice laced

didn’t even finish high school. Barely made it past middle school. So what if she

Sharon’s win, not a single member of the Biggs family

her lack of formal education would always be a stain. If she ever made it big, that flaw would

winning. If you have that much time to put others down, Madeline, maybe spend it teaching your son how to lead by

gaze shifted slightly and landed on Theo, who was

can’t handle other people’s success and reacts with jealousy… then

to do. There was no