Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 335

Chapter 335

“L… I’m fine, Carter,” Kelly said softly, forcing a smile. “It’s my fat, I wasn’t careful” Carter said, “The cup’s broken. No point picking it up now.”

“But… it was something Theo made himself. It’s a shame for it to end up like this.”

Even as she spoke, Kelly bent down, pretending like she was about to gather the pieces. Her face was full of regret “Maybe… maybe it’s still possible to fix it somehow.”

Carter stopped her, his tone firm. “Don’t. You’ll just hurt yourself gain. If you like it so much, I’ll have Theo make you another one.”

Kelly pressed a few more words of fake reluctance, sigling over how unfortunate it was, but when Carter shut her down again, she finally let it go.

Then, turning her gaze to Sharon, Kelly’s expression carried a shade of disapproval–but buried beneath it was a flicker of smugness and condescension. “Sharon, no matter what happens smashing things to vent your anger isn’t the way, don’t you think?”

Carter’s eyes fell on Sharon as well. “Sharon, is that what you’ve become now? Can’t even tolerate a cup?re

But the moment those words left his mouth, both he and Kelly suddenly realized–the entire room was staring at them.

And the looks weren’t pretty.

faint tremor flickered beneath

then she noticed… Theo, who used to always hover around her, fussing over

chuckle broke the

jumping to conclusions, isn’t it common

strike me as idiots. But here you are, skipping right past the most basic principle of–oh, I don’t know–asking what actually

thing out of your mouth is that Sharon did it. What now? You think she’s got

deep water, turning slowly toward Carter, a half–smile

used to throwing her under the bus that at this point,

Sharon wasn the one who broke the cup. And with judgment like this… you’re a CEO?

dropped it. It has nothing to do with Sharon. She never even

on Carter

seasoned in corporate warfare, managed to keep his

bit down on her lower

cool, quiet voice sliced right

it you’re about to say?” Her tone was calm, distant. “That these are all my friends, so of course they’d You think they’re helping me lie…

ny side?