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Chapter 540

Chapter 540

Carter had had enough of his mother’s tirade. “Mom, go upstairs.”

Without waiting for Madeline’s response, Denise stepped forward and gently but firmly guided her up. “Mom, just leave this to Carter. He’s got it handled.”

It wasn’t that she didn’t understand-her mother clearly didn’t. But she did.

Sharon was Theo’s biological mother, and with Uriah backing her, the Biggs family stood to gain quite a bit -if, that is, her mother could stop picking fights with Sharon.

Once Madeline left, the living room finally quieted down.

Julliard’s gaze drifted toward Carter, who had barely spoken, whose presence seemed almost nonexistent, and yet somehow impossible to ignore.

“And he is…?”

Sharon, her thoughts clearly elsewhere, replied flatly, “Just a friend.”

Julliard didn’t press. Her tone said enough.

As they stood there, still trying to piece together the kidnapper’s motive, Carter’s phone rang.

from an

looked up at Sharon before answering, and

through a modulator. “If you want them alive, don’t call


I won’t

his and Julliard’s capabilities, handling this without police involvement

and…” The voice paused, as if recalling something. “Send your ex-wife. She’ll be handling the exchange. And don’t try anything clever. I don’t

remained unreadable.

cut out.

in the room had heard

“I’ll have my people

phone and made a quick

Carter turned to Sharon.

a small

hanging in the balance, Sharon chose to

without hesitation, a

Theo who’d been taken. Kelly was


Sharon might seize this opportunity to negotiate-like the last time, when she demanded 100

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