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.

understand. When he said “no,” he hadn’t meant Wendy

He meant-he

he could be so certain when Julliard’s

disbelief.

“Shaluna?! You found Shaluna?”

Julliard was beside

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had discovered and repaired the

shifted from shock to a darkness as heavy as storm

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

Sharon. But Shaluna was irreplaceable. Everyone he asked shook their heads. Even Carter and Xavier had tried

made, only to fail.

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

of him.

only find the

he had planned suddenly felt

side. A fleeting shadow crossed

of them

rippled through

my goodness! Aurora is here!

a crowd

brows drew