Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 263

Chapter 263

Sharon stared at the calendar, her eyes lingering on the date. She marked it carefully in her notes.

Twenty-five days left in the divorce cooling-off period.

It felt way too long. Each day dragged like a lifetime.

Just as the thought crossed her mind, her phone rang-

She glanced at the caller ID, then picked up.

Carter’s voice came sharp through the receiver, tinged with irritation.

“Sharon, didn’t you promise me that Kelly would finish at least one full course of the medication? She went to get it today. Why didn’t you give it to her?”

Whether Kelly was willing to take the medicine was one thing. Whether Sharon gave it to her was another entirely.

She’d known Kelly would go running to Carter. Of course she would. It was exactly the kind of thing that could be twisted as ” evidence” that Sharon wanted her dead.

a letter of forgiveness. I handed over the first round of medicine. And all you’ve done in return is initiate a cooling-off period. That’s

His tone dropped, cold

bargain with

out a soft laugh, light but unmistakably

I’d help, and I will. But I won’t be made a fool of. If I’m putting in the work, I expect something in return. Transfer ten million as a deposit, and I’ll give the rest of the

‘a snake that tries to swallow an elephant dies from greed ? You’re pushing your luck. Keep this

to hold something. And this is life-saving medicine we’re talking about- crafted from rare and valuable herbs. If you suddenly decide you don’t want it anymore, I take

millions on a house for Kelly, and now that I ask for

clean. “Carter, the

the other end. Then, finally, he said,

at Kelly, who was still miserably grinding herbs in the

said evenly, “then I’ll hand over

the schedule. She dragged out every task, missed days,

by

Every day, she sat

enough. He reassigned her to grinding medicine

almost everything she touched. Piles