Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 375

Chapter 375

Someone whispered, “Honestly, from the way she talks, the way she carries herself… she doesn’t look like someone who barely graduated middle school. Are you sure they got that right?”

“Should be right,” another murmured. “I heard she used to be Carter Biggs’s ex-wife. She doesn’t come from a powerful background, she has no connections… and not even much of an education.”

“But still… you can’t fake class. She doesn’t look like someone who’s never seen the world.”

“Eh… she’s probably faking it.”

The murmurs spread, buzzing beneath the surface like gnats-some skeptical, some dismissive, some simply curious.

Gregory’s eyes flickered with something darker. “So, you’re saying… you still refuse to admit you cheated?”

Sharon stood there, her chin lifted, her gaze steady under the weight of every eye in the room. “That’s right. I don’t admit it.”

Offstage, Kelly’s right eyelid twitched the moment she noticed Nate fiddling with his phone. A wave of unease stirred in her

chest. (1)

whispered,

let Sharon’s fans see

“Maybe don’t. When Carter gets off that

Every time Nate started a livestream thinking he’d catch

Sharon publicity. Well, this counts, doesn’t it?” He tapped at the screen. “I mean, the judges gave her all those perfect scores-who would’ve

before she could, Gregory’s voice boomed

hall.

string of Spanish spilled from

froze-stunned-before laughter started breaking out, rippling through

seat, didn’t understand a word. She frowned, glancing around. “What’s he saying?

Kelly leaned over to translate. “He said… ‘I believe there’s no one here today with a lower

across her face, and she let out a dry chuckle.

for the first time. “Didn’t

her lashes, masking the flicker of triumph behind them.

you have no idea. Kelly doesn’t just speak Spanish. She’s fluent in