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 Kelly’s eyelids.

she noticed… Theo, who used to always hover around her, fussing over her every word, hadn’t even

lazy, cold chuckle broke

Kelly. Bit reckless, don’t you think? Before jumping to conclusions,

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

and the first thing out of your mouth is that Sharon did it. What now? You

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

so used to throwing her under the

the cup. And with judgment like this… you’re a CEO?

in. “It was me. I dropped it. It has nothing to do with Sharon. She never

eyes zeroed in on Carter and

seasoned in corporate warfare, managed to keep his face perfectly still. But Kelly’s composure

down on her lower lip, about to

quiet voice

Her tone was calm, distant. “That these are all

ny side?