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.

enter Victoria’s ward with the Kalen family, she seized the

could go to the club for some

before. She had always shown interest in him, but traces of her usual hauteur inevitably slipped

she tried

voice cool and

disbelief. He was actually treating

never

1/3

panic crossed her

he found out she

Her composure faltered.

if he were already in her grasp. She had

his sleeve. “Thomas, what’s wrong with

the ward door

Sharon stepped out.

sight of them, Johanna clutching his arm, and felt

something? Sharon wondered.

he turned away-deliberately avoiding her, as if

so jealous that she wouldn’t even let him look at another

Johanna, whose face

Thomas had

but it wasn’t her place