Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 867

Sharon’s reply was polite and restrained. “Thank you.”

After that, she turned toward Victoria, who was still lying on the hospital bed.

“Victoria, how are you feeling now?”

She could bring herself to call Richard her father and Rick her brother, but she could never call Victoria her sister. The word felt false, hollow, almost hypocritical.

Victoria didn’t seem to mind. She smiled faintly. “I’m fine. With some rest, it shouldn’t affect the competition.”

Sharon nodded. “That’s good.”

Then she shifted her gaze to Richard. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going.”

Richard inclined his head. “Alright. You’ve had a long day. Go get some rest.”

After Sharon left, Rick finally spoke.

“Victoria, be honest with me and Dad. When you said you blocked the acid for Johanna, were you actually covering for Sharon?”

Victoria’s expression carried a trace of helplessness. “No. What I said was the truth.”

His falcon-sharp gaze lingered on her face. Only when he saw no sign of evasion did he finally look away. 2

Outside the ward.

with the Kalen family, she seized the opportunity to

you free tomorrow? We could go to the

had always shown interest in him,

she tried

at her, his voice cool and clipped. “No

widening in disbelief. He was actually

had never

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panic crossed her

out she wasn’t who

Her composure faltered.

as hers- as if he were already

his sleeve. “Thomas, what’s wrong with

she could finish, the ward door swung

Sharon stepped out.

paused at the sight of them, Johanna clutching his arm, and felt a

wondered. Her

met, he turned away-deliberately avoiding her, as if he couldn’t

was speechless. Was Johanna really so jealous that she wouldn’t even let him

her eyes toward Johanna, whose

be… they’d quarreled? Was that why Thomas had been so distracted and irritable

stirred in her mind, but