Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 391

Chapter 391

Julliard stood with a gentle smile and pulled out the chair for Sharon like a proper gentleman.

“You’re not late,” he said, “I’m just early.”

Sharon wasn’t used to this. She had never really dated. The man she’d spent the most time around was John, but they were more like family than anything else-so familiar that things like this, the unspoken courtesies between men and women, never even

crossed her mind.

Even when she was married to Carter, they rarely ate out together. And on the rare occasions they did, he never once thought to pull out her chair.

So now, faced with Julliard’s quiet attentiveness, she felt a bit… unprepared.

Waving the waiter over, Sharon looked at him. “Order whatever you like. Don’t hold back. This meal’s on me.”

Julliard smiled. “Alright.”

Not far away, two young women were watching the scene unfold. Disappointment flickered across both their faces.

a girlfriend after all… guess that’s the end

they look perfect

all the handsome ones always

their conversation and

glancing nervously in Julliard’s direction, whispering

lifted her gaze, landing softly on the man

man who felt like a distant, untouchable moon, then Julliard

kind of gentleness that didn’t

selecting a few dishes, he

the names of the dishes he gave the waiter. Her brows lifted,

like these dishes

smile deepened. “Yeah. Whenever I used to come here with Carter and Nate, we always ordered them. You like

nodded. “That’s… quite the

when we’d all eat together, I never saw you order

smile faded a touch. Memories flickered-old, sour

stomachs aren’t great. Everything was tailored to them -lighter, bland food. I just… went along with

across from Julliard, she felt it even more-how right her divorce