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.”

about Theo.

Sharon… maybe I should leave for

at Carter. “I wouldn’t want to interrupt your

didn’t schedule anything. And if anyone should leave, it

him, not you.

Thomas. “Let’s go. Thomas, you

“Okay,” Thomas replied.

glanced at him

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

initially wanted to invite his father, but now… if Dad’s

politely, he waved to

got into Sharon’s car. Thomas pressed the accelerator, and the vehicle quickly disappeared from Carter’s

back to his senses. Somehow, the scene felt eerily

was so much like the past, when he had taken Kelly to pick up Theo. The only difference was the victim