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 opportunity to approach

are you free tomorrow? We could go

than before. She had always shown interest in

tried to be

voice cool and clipped. “No

disbelief. He was actually treating

had never

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panic

out she wasn’t who she claimed

Her composure faltered.

he were already in her grasp. She had never entertained the idea that he might belong

his sleeve. “Thomas, what’s wrong

she could finish, the ward

Sharon stepped out.

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

something? Sharon wondered. Her gaze

avoiding her, as if

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

her eyes toward Johanna, whose face was

they’d quarreled? Was that why Thomas had been so

her mind, but it wasn’t her place