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.

then did she understand. When he said “no,” he hadn’t

He meant-he would

could be so

disbelief.

“Shaluna?! You found Shaluna?”

beside her. Lowering

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discovered and

shifted from shock to a darkness as heavy as

had mattered more. The thought of that priceless violin destroyed by scum like Jamie and Lex had driven him half-mad with rage.

Shaluna was irreplaceable. Everyone

made, only to fail.

he had settled on another idea: a music box, crafted to look exactly like Shaluna. Sharon would keep it where she could see it often. And every time she looked

of him.

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

gift he had planned suddenly felt like a cruel

his side. A

them

stir rippled through the

is here! Come on, let’s

as a crowd rushed

drew together.