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.

all… guess that’s the end

but honestly, they look

the handsome ones always

their conversation and couldn’t help

noticed them the moment she walked in-the way they kept glancing nervously in Julliard’s direction, whispering things like “You go,” “No, you go”-clearly debating who should

gaze, landing softly on the

was the kind of man who felt like a distant, untouchable moon, then Julliard was sunlight. Warm,

gentleness

dishes, he

the names of the dishes he gave the waiter. Her

these dishes

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

the coincidence. They’re

“Strange, though. Back when we’d all eat together, I never saw you order

touch. Memories flickered-old,

“Their stomachs aren’t great. Everything was tailored to them

across from Julliard, she felt it