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?

his dark

mess with Theo. Could it really be, as Nate suggested, that she was just using the excuse of

Nate assumed he’d hit the

knew it-she’d never divorce you. All of this is just a game to get your attention. If I had to 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 that

nothing, but his eyes were

wasn’t as dull or

him.

felt a pull to understand

her tomorrow…

was genuinely curious what kind of “date” she had planned-how

gotten a taste of what it really meant to raise a child. He

than he

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

chance.

he watched Carter stay

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

couldn’t let her succeed. He threw in a few