Chapter 732

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Chapter 732

Thomas nodded honestly. “I admit… I’m a little afraid.”

Carter’s voice dripped with scorn. “I thought you had courage, but it seems… not much at all.”

Thomas remained calm, unshaken by the ridicule.

“Competitions have winners and losers, and winning or losing comes with conditions. I can’t agree lightly to your terms. What if I fail? I’d only be digging a hole for myself. After all, I’m not like you, Carter. I don’t have your power and influence. I can’t afford to lose.”

Carter’s eyes narrowed. “The condition is simple. You can meet it, and you can bear the consequences. If you lose… you have to leave Zachemaine, and you’ll never appear before Sharon again.”

eyebrow. “And if

and confident. “Then the condition is yours to

possession, nor a tool for your gambling. You open

win? Or did he

to his earlier performance. Those long years of marriage, yet she realized just how little she truly knew him-and perhaps he didn’t fully know

always buried in work, never sharing his preferences, never


a coward, call me spineless. But I

tempered with honor. And having seen him earlier win a first prize and

pressing to compete without Sharon’s approval, it would only make him appear petty, even childish. He said nothing, instead calling Theo over and beginning to teach

he wouldn’t leave. As long as Theo was present, his presence

Sharon, meanwhile, found it impossible to outright drive Carter away in front of her son. She chose simply to ignore

Carter’s attention was on teaching, Sharon returned the earrings to

these. Take them. Even if you can’t wear them, sell

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