Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 999

Sharon couldn’t hold back her curiosity.

“Thomas, did you used to work with antiques?”

It would make sense-his wide range of knowledge could be explained that way.

But Thomas denied it outright. “No. I know nothing about antiques.”

“Then why did Wendy say you used to restore artifacts?”

“I lied to her,” Thomas replied calmly. “If I hadn’t said that, she wouldn’t have trusted me

enough to hand over Shaluna.”

Sharon froze for a beat, then let out a soft laugh. “Weren’t you afraid that if you failed, Wendy would blame you?”

“No,” Thomas answered with quiet certainty.

Sharon nodded. Wendy might be fiery by nature, but when it came to the important things, she knew where to draw the line. She wouldn’t hold it against him.

Yet the next moment, Thomas’s voice came again, steady and low.

“I never take on something I can’t accomplish. I said I would restore Shaluna, and I did it.”

Sharon’s lashes trembled as she turned toward him.

When he said “no,” he hadn’t

meant-he would not

could be so certain when

disbelief.

“Shaluna?! You found Shaluna?”

was beside her. Lowering her voice, she recounted

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and repaired

shifted from shock to a darkness

gone searching in person-but only for a single day. To him, avenging Sharon had mattered more. The thought of that priceless violin destroyed by scum like Jamie and Lex had driven him half-mad with rage. He had poured it all

Sharon. But Shaluna was irreplaceable. Everyone he asked shook their heads.

made, only to fail.

idea: a music box, crafted to look exactly like Shaluna. Sharon would keep it where

of him.

never-not once-had he imagined that Thomas would not only find the violin but restore

planned suddenly

side. A fleeting shadow

them continued through

a stir rippled through the

here! Come on, let’s get an

rang out as a crowd rushed

drew