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Kelly’s smile stiffened for a second before she quickly recovered. Of course not. Theo’s always been an honest child,” she said softly, casting him a gentle glance. “Which is why, Sharon, I hope you can try to trust Theo a little more in the future TMr

She pivoted fast–barely a few sentences before her words subtly shifted the blame back onto Sharon,

Whatever mixed emotions Theo had felt about Kelly just a mouent ago vanished the instant her gentle voice wrapped around him. His wounded heart, battered by Sharon’s cold indifference, surdenly felt warm again. Eyes rimmed red, he threw himself into Kelly’s arms.

“Kelly… Matty bullied me,” he whimpered, his voice full of grievance.

Kelly stroked his hair softly, her voice tender, comforting. A child like him was something she could manipulate with ease.

back to Sharon. “Sharon, no matter what’s liappened between you and Carter, the fact remains–Theo is your son. That’s never going to change. I hope you’ll show him a little

beside him, Theo’s confidence soared. He lifted his chin. “Kelly… why are

has another parent–child event coming up. A foreign language

asked Aunt Denise to help… but she said doesn’t

languages: English, French, and Spanish. Of them, Spanish was

did–but as CEO of the Biggs Group, there was no way he’d

good at Spanish. If Sharon doesn’t accompany you, I can

made Theo glance toward his mother, as if suddenly remembering her

There was no

foreign languages,” Theo said bluntly clinging to Kelly’s arm with a mixture

eyes lit up. “Kelly, you