Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 727

“Is it because… she’s your woman?” As he spoke, Thomas gently guided the still-dazed Theo to stand

beside him.

“Theo, your dad’s in a bad mood today. Don’t be mad at him, okay?”

Theo nodded obediently, though he didn’t fully understand why his father was upset.

Thomas’s emotional intelligence was exceptional-he neither blamed nor provoked, unlike Kelly, whose words always carried subtle jabs. Even Carter, who disliked him on principle, couldn’t find fault with anything Thomas said.

Yet that didn’t make Carter like him. On the contrary, he found Thomas unnervingly calculating. He had already suffered losses at Thomas’s hands more than once.

His tone remained curt. “Keep your schemes to yourself. Don’t act sanctimonious here.”

“I truly care about Theo. I’m sincerely

such a misunderstanding between us. Sharon… maybe I should leave for now. You were planning to take Theo out today anyway. Had I known you already had plans, I

“I wouldn’t want to

said, “You don’t need to leave. We didn’t schedule anything. And if

him, not you.

called to Theo and Thomas.

“Okay,” Thomas replied.

passed Carter, Thomas glanced

seems you and Sharon didn’t have prior arrangements. You came uninvited? Since you’re in a bad mood today, you probably wouldn’t enjoy it anyway. I’ll take Theo out in

said, hesitated. He had initially wanted to invite his father, but now… if Dad’s mood was bad, it

politely, he waved to

that, the three of them got into Sharon’s car. Thomas pressed the accelerator, and the vehicle

long moment did Carter come back to his

past, when he had taken Kelly to pick up Theo. The only difference was the victim of the situation: now it