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.

did she understand. When he said

meant-he would

to ask how he could be

disbelief.

“Shaluna?! You found Shaluna?”

Julliard was beside her. Lowering her

1/4

Sun

97%

and

to a darkness as

only for a single day. To him, avenging Sharon had mattered more. The thought of that

commission a new violin for Sharon. But Shaluna was irreplaceable. Everyone he asked shook their heads. Even Carter and Xavier

made, only to fail.

Sharon would keep it where she could see it often. And every time she looked at

of him.

would not only find the violin but restore it to

had planned suddenly felt like a

fist clenched at his side. A fleeting shadow crossed his

three of them continued

stir rippled through the

my goodness! Aurora is here!

a crowd rushed

brows drew