Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 282

Chapter 282

Sharon frowned at him. “You’re not backing out now, are you, Carter?”

Carter’s voice was cold. “After everything you just said, do you really think I’d back out?”

No man with even a shred of pride would.

Still, who knew what kind of twisted schemes Carter might be brewing in that mind of his?

When it came to calculation and control, Sharon knew she was no match for him.

Carter smiled faintly, but his eyes stayed ice cold.

“I haven’t tested your medicine yet. What if you’re handing me poison? I’d end up with nothing-money spent, marriage ended,

and no real payoff.”

There was a time he would’ve believed Sharon wouldn’t dare lie to him.

But now? That was no longer certain.

The reckless spending these past few days, the chaos she kept dragging him into-it was enough to prove she wasn’t the timid, cautious woman she used to be.

was bold. Very

could be tossed aside by one

ended, and no real payoff…”

saw their marriage: a transaction, a deal to be weighed and measured, discarded when

such a cold, loveless marriage for so long. But whatever he felt, it had

faint smile touched her lips, laced with

it’s fake or

the door, where Kelly had been peeking in, trying to gauge what was

moment Kelly saw the two hadn’t divorced yet, and that Sharon

be

kept him in check, warning him not to act impulsively in case Sharon changed her mind last minute, Nate would’ve

panic in

said. “Wouldn’t want to end up with nothing-money

pulled a few pill bottles

pick a few pills from each bottle and run your tests. If there’s no issue, we’ll go ahead and finalize the paperwork. If there is a problem… well, then we’ll have to take a step

Kelly’s eyes flickered. “Fine.”

pills from each bottle and turned

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“Wait,” Sharon said.

froze, then turned back stiffly. “Is… is something

voice. Not now. Not when a single bad mood could make Sharon change her mind about the