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

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

prepared, recorded the entire

try bullying Sharon again

disgust. The whole thing

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

muttered. “One lucky win and 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 musicians graduate from proper universities. A middle schooler- honestly.

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

matter how talented Sharon was, her lack of formal education would always be a stain. If she

said, “Whatever my education may be, winning is still winning. If you have that much

gaze shifted slightly and landed on Theo, who

and reacts with jealousy… then all I can

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