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.

saw Sharon enter Victoria’s ward with the

could go to the club for some

She had always shown interest in him, but

she tried to

glanced at her, his voice cool and

in disbelief. He was actually

never happened

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flicker of panic crossed her

had he found out she wasn’t who she claimed

Her composure faltered.

Ferrero family, she had regarded him as hers- as if he

reflexively, she caught hold of his sleeve. “Thomas, what’s

she could finish, the ward door

Sharon stepped out.

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

she interrupted something? Sharon wondered. Her gaze

her, as if he

Was Johanna really so jealous that she

Johanna,

they’d quarreled? Was that why Thomas had

in her mind, but it