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.”

truly care about Theo. I’m

us. Sharon… maybe I should leave

wouldn’t want to

leave. We didn’t schedule anything. And

him, not you.

to Theo and Thomas.

“Okay,” Thomas replied.

Carter, Thomas glanced at

mood today, you probably wouldn’t enjoy it anyway. I’ll take Theo out

but now… if Dad’s mood was bad, it could upset Mom. Better to leave Dad behind

waved

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

Carter come back to his senses. Somehow, the

Kelly to pick up Theo. The only difference was the victim of the situation: now it was