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Chapter 202

Loving Mom 202

Chapter 202

Carter’s gaze darkened.

So Kelly had been right-this whole farce was Sharon’s doing.

Theo hadn’t expected his father to say that so bluntly. He froze for a few seconds, then rushed to explain, “Mom didn’t tell me to say that. I just… I really don’t want you and Mom to get divorced…”

But before he could finish, Carter cut him off.

“Tell me this did you sneak out to find your mother?”

His tone was cold, face sharp with disapproval. The pressure he carried-without raising his voice, without needing to-settled over the room like a weight. Theo shrank under it, his confidence crumbling.

He lowered his head. “Yes.”

Carter’s expression didn’t soften. His voice grew even colder. “Who told you she’d be at the amusement park?”

He’d already checked the boy’s phone-no suspicious calls, no messages. Which meant someone had told him in person.

Theo mumbled, “It was… Matty.”

expected. Carter’s face barely shifted, but

the boy herself, or she let Matty carry

she was using

looked at his son, eyes full of unease and tension. His voice came out quiet and flat.

divorce me.”

broke the silence. The

Sharon stepped inside.

lit up. His mom

sneaky Matty always acted hurt-it worked.

sense of discovery bloomed in him, like he’d just stumbled on something secret

walked in, her gaze immediately drawn to the boy watching her so intently. Her brows twitched, but

recovered-but then he remembered Matty curled up in Mom’s arms, weak and pitiful, and how tenderly she held him, how gentle her voice had

“I… I still feel a

come over to comfort him. She didn’t reach out or soften her tone. Instead, she said, “Theo, why did

at her,

on him. But she wasn’t. She was here to blame

water dumped over his head. Every ounce of hope he had was doused, replaced by quiet disappointment and a swelling, unspoken sense

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