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!”

crowd broke into laughter. They couldn’t

yet his face throbbed like it had been struck. He didn’t have to look up

prepared, recorded the entire

him try bullying Sharon again after

disgust. The whole

as if none of it concerned him. But Madeline wasn’t nearly as

even finish high school. Barely made it past middle school. So what if she can play the violin? All real musicians graduate from proper universities. A middle schooler- honestly. She

single member of the Biggs family was smiling. They looked

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

Sharon didn’t waver. She turned to Madeline and said, “Whatever my education may be, winning is still winning. If you have that much

slightly and landed on Theo, who was

jealousy… then all I can say is, the Biggs family might not

came here to do. There was no reason