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.”

but the knowledge settled in like something

Sharon told the boy herself,

sunk so low she was using children now.

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

divorce me.”

then, a soft knock broke the

Sharon stepped inside.

Theo’s eyes lit up. His mom

that sneaky Matty always acted hurt-it worked.

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

boy watching her so intently. Her brows twitched, but she asked calmly,” How are you feeling? Still

he remembered Matty curled up in Mom’s arms,

his answer. “I… I still feel a

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

stared at her,

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

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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