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 Kalen family, she seized the opportunity to

go to

tone was noticeably softer than before. She had always shown interest in him, but traces of her usual hauteur

time, she tried to be

glanced at her, his voice

widening in disbelief. He

had never

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flicker of panic

be… had he found out she

Her composure faltered.

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

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

the ward door

Sharon stepped out.

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

something? Sharon wondered. Her gaze

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

Johanna really so jealous that she wouldn’t even

eyes toward Johanna, whose face was equally

Was that why Thomas had been so distracted

her mind, but it wasn’t her