Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 496

The moment Wendy saw who it was, the smile on her face froze.

“Xavier.”

Xavier glanced around. “Sharon hasn’t returned?”

Wendy shook her head. Worry clouded her eyes. “I’ve been calling her, but she hasn’t answered, not even once. Her phone’s still on, though.”

She looked at Xavier. “You haven’t heard from her either?”

A rare look of solemnity settled over Xavier’s face. “Start the performance without her. I’ll check the surveillance footage.”

Just as he was about to leave, a small hand tugged at his sleeve.

Xavier turned and saw Matty gazing up at him with wide, worried eyes. “Daddy, Sharon will be okay, right?”

Xavier gently patted Matty’s head. “She’ll be fine.”

“Then promise me, Daddy. Promise you’ll find her.”

“I promise.”

With that, he turned and walked out, the door closing softly behind him, letting in a gust of cool air.

others stared at the now-shut door,

members of the Westin family sat visibly shaken.

“Abby, do you know the performer on

murmured, “That’s my

sharpened. “You mean

nod. “Yes. My dad spent years trying to find him. He wants him to return and inherit the family

Victoria’s expression shifted slightly.

was never a shortage of scandalous

father had

father, Kenneth Westin, had fallen in love with a woman of humble background. Their romance had been passionate and

her sake, he defied the Westin family

blessed by family rarely endured. Stripped of his powerful family backing, Kenneth stood no

in their power to break the couple up and eventually forced him to marry someone from

he also never rekindled anything with

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and his wife lived

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always loved him. Watching him once give up everything for another woman only deepened her bitterness. She couldn’t accept such

time, she became increasingly

words with

he naturally attracted attention-women constantly threw themselves at

he rejected them, the stream never