Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 223

Chapter 223

Kelly paused for a beat, then continued, “I heard… the sudden onset of my illness the other day disrupted your date with Sharon. Carter, since she’s already found her way here, why don’t you go with her? Nate is here with me. It’s the same either way.”

Carter’s dark eyes chilled like frost, the sharp edge of winter settling behind his gaze.

Over the past few days, Nate had been feeding him thoughts, drip by drip, until even Carter had started to believe that Sharon had only asked to meet so she could see him-like it was a date.

Or maybe, deep down, he just didn’t want to believe that she genuinely wanted a divorce.

His voice was cold. “Sharon, I can’t stand clingy women.”

Sharon had finally had enough of this entire circus act.

“What is it with you people? I said I wanted a divorce, and here you are going on about dates, playing hard to get-do you not understand words, or is there something wrong with your brains?”

moment, Uriah, who had been watching the whole drama unfold from the sidelines like someone

spoke slowly, almost lazily. “You three have really misunderstood things today. This girl here, my little apprentice-I called her yesterday and asked her

three turned to stare

“Mr. Malcolm…

say that? I asked her to come. Are your ears just

She’s just a housewife. What does she know about

a swim in open water recently? If Sharon and I really wanted to trap you, wouldn’t it make more sense to keep her hidden?

He had no comeback-because no sane person would be that

followed him here. He never expected that she

had he misunderstood her

even with that realization, Carter didn’t feel any relief. Instead, an odd restlessness stirred in

looked at her, eyes unmoving. “Why didn’t you ever tell

genuinely confused. “Why would I? How was I supposed to know you were looking for him? Did you ever ask

never told her a thing. Even if she asked, he’d

conversation.