Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 208

Chapter 208

Nate leaned in, trying to catch more of the conversation, when Carter suddenly turned his head and spotted him standing a short distance away.

His brows drew together slightly. “Nate, what are you doing?”

Nate, shameless as ever, showed no trace of embarrassment at being caught eavesdropping.

He smiled and said, “I heard you found Theo, so Kelly and I came to the hospital to check on him.”

Seeing that Nate had shown up, Sharon said nothing more.

“I’m heading back,” she said to Carter. “Don’t forget what you promised. Tomorrow, ten o’clock. Don’t be late.”

Without sparing Nate a glance, she turned and walked off.

Nate let out a dismissive snort and turned to Carter. “Carter, where are you two going tomorrow?”

Carter’s expression was indifferent. “Don’t ask questions you shouldn’t.”

Nate edged closer, a grin lingering on his face. “Wait… don’t tell me you two are going on a date?”

A date?

slowed, his dark eyes growing

have stirred up all this mess with Theo. Could it really be, as Nate suggested, that she was just using

assumed he’d hit the

guess, she probably came up with some excuse to ask you out tomorrow, right? Pretending to be sick, faking a kidnapping-she’s always pulling these cheap tricks. Haven’t you had enough of

nothing, but his eyes were like a dark, bottomless

past, he might’ve dismissed Sharon’s behavior with the same disdain Nate did. But recently, something had shifted. She wasn’t as dull

him.

pull to understand

her tomorrow… why

kind of “date” she had planned-how she would try

she moved out, he’d finally gotten a taste of what it really meant to raise a child. He had

weight than

if she truly understood her mistakes-if she was sincere-then for Theo’s sake, maybe…

chance.

as he watched Carter stay silent.

silence meant something. It meant he wasn’t denying anything. He

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