Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 339

Chapter 339

Carter and Kelly left with Theo,

This time, no one tried to stop thein.

As soon as the door closed behind them, Wendy exploded. “Sharon what’s going on with Theo and Carter? Why do they always look down on you? Do they seriously not know you went to college”

Sharon took a sip of water, her expression calm. “Maybe not.”

Xavier’s eyes stayed on her. “Why does your record disappear after high school? It’s like there’s nothing past that.”

“I left for overseas before I graduated,” Sharon replied.

Xavier’s brows lifted slightly. “Even if you went abroad, your records wouldn’t just vanish into thin air.”

Sharon lowered her long lashes, quietly hiding the ripple of emotions in her eyes. “That’s because… when I went overseas, I wasn’t using this name. The records tied to that identity were deliberately altered. It’s not surprising you couldn’t find anything.

sharpened. “Deliberately

glance. Seeing she wasn’t avoiding the subject, but instead opening the

you ever heard of the Kalen

his eyes darkening. “You don’t mean… the Kalen Group in Marcentine,

“Exactly.

”

darkened further. His

Cooper family had done far too much for her. It was time he

silent, then slowly

ridiculously cliché story. My parents were in a business marriage. From the day they got married, my father never really loved my mother. He had a first love he never

and set him free… that’s

came back. He cut ties with his first love for good, and tried everything to make it up to my

birth to twin boys. And just like he promised, my father stayed true–completely cutting

family made some disastrous decisions in business. They were on the brink of bankruptcy. Even so, my father never once looked down on her. He stood by

my mother looked when she told me all of this. Her face was softer than I’d ever seen. Peaceful… even gentle. Just when

planned a sailing trip. But during the trip, they hit a storm. He gave rescue boat so my mother