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.

has a girlfriend after all… guess that’s the end of

but honestly, they look

are all the handsome ones always

caught snippets of their conversation and couldn’t help but

had 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 approach him first for his

lifted her gaze, landing softly on the man seated

a distant, untouchable moon, then Julliard was sunlight. Warm, easy,

a kind of gentleness that didn’t

dishes, he looked up. “I’m

blinked, catching the names of the dishes

like these dishes

here with Carter and Nate, we

the coincidence. They’re all

behind his calm eyes. “Strange, though. Back when we’d all eat together, I never saw you order these. I always thought that you preferred lighter

a touch. Memories

was always thinking about Carter and Theo,” she said quietly. “Their stomachs aren’t great. Everything was tailored to them -lighter, bland food. I

she felt it even more-how right her