Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 549

Hearing Carter’s words, Sharon realized–with a quiet jolt-that he was choosing her.

It caught her off guard, but only just. In truth, it made a strange kind of sense. This was who Carter had always been: cool- headed, rational to a fault.

Even now, she could feel a toxic stare boring into her.

She turned her head and found Kelly glaring at her, lips bloodless from being bitten down hard, eyes red with fury.

Kelly hadn’t expected this. Not at all.

Carter had been given two choices, and he had chosen Sharon. He had divorced Sharon for her. How could he choose Sharon

now?

A cold smirk tugged at the corner of Sharon’s lips.

Kelly had played the same hand for years-her terminal illness, her tragic sweetness-tugging on Carter’s sympathy, weaving a perfect image of gentle suffering for the world to admire.

Now, she’d finally overplayed it.

Poetic justice.

Still, Sharon felt no joy in being chosen. She knew too well that it was nothing more than a cost-benefit analysis, just another one of Carter’s decisions made with his usual, mechanical precision.

From the sidelines, Dillon’s voice broke through the stillness. “So, Mr. Biggs, your choice… is your ex-wife, Sharon?”

for a moment. Then he

eyes widened in

bitten through

and

my choice. Now let

“Sure. Sharon, you’re free to

walked toward Theo and reached for his

everything went

out!” Carter’s voice cut sharply

back to Dillon, had no idea what was happening behind her.

Then came the gunshot.

racing, she threw herself over Theo, wrapping him in her arms

chaos, a voice screamed, ragged

I’ll

It was Kelly.

forward and clung tightly to Dillon’s arm, shouting so loud her voice cracked and

With a snarl, he slapped her hard across the

Smack.

to the side. But she didn’t

feel the pain at all, she just held

threw her with all his strength. Her

back and clung to his leg, dragging

them froze. Stunned. No

Sharon saw her chance.