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)

in and whispered, “Nate… what are

let Sharon’s

off that phone and sees this,

time Nate started a livestream thinking he’d catch

tell me to help give Sharon publicity. Well, this counts, doesn’t it?” He tapped at the screen. “I

before she could, Gregory’s voice

hall.

of Spanish spilled

who understood Spanish froze-stunned-before

word. She

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

face,

gaze sharpening, as if seeing her for the first time. “Didn’t expect you to be this impressive. You

Kelly lowered her lashes, masking the flicker of triumph behind them. She responded softly, “You flatter

on. “Oh, Madeline, you have no idea. Kelly doesn’t just speak Spanish. She’s fluent in Mandarin,