Side Chick Era... Over

Loving DAD 1099

Carter had heard Sharon mention before that her relationship with the Kalen family wasn’t good.

But only now–seeing it with his own eyes–did he truly understand what she meant. The people before him, with their hypocritical faces and cold, self–righteous words, were worse than he’d imagined. (1)

No wonder Sharon had refused to return. No wonder she never spoke of them.

The Kalen family wasn’t a home–it was a pit of vipers, a den of beasts.

Carter’s gaze flicked toward the emergency room, then back to the Kalens. A dull ache settled in his chest.

If the Kalen family was a pit of vipers, hadn’t his family once been the same? 1

All these years, he’d grown used to Sharon’s quiet tolerance and her giving nature. He had taken her strength for granted and her patience as a given.

Only now did he realize–far too late–what she had truly wanted.

It wasn’t wealth. It wasn’t status. All she’d ever asked for was a home filled with warmth and peace.

had forced Sharon to compromise again and again, until there was nothing left of her pride or peace

he really any different from these Kalen family members she

escalating tension, Victoria stepped

heard she had been insulted by Miles and wanted to help her reclaim some dignity. That’s why he agreed to be the guarantor. None of us could have predicted Miles would be so brazen. You

lowered his gaze

sense. Rick likely hadn’t known Miles’s true intentions. According to both Julliard and Thomas,

premeditated conspiracy, he wouldn’t have been so

pointed to

gaze remained

the Silverstone and Kalen families have been close for generations. No matter how depraved Miles’s habits are, he’s never

time, he not only deceived Rick but also drugged Sharon. Quite the sudden change in behavior, don’t

implication settling heavily in the

Miles to betray the Kalens and target Sharon must have

the corridor

film the act, and planned to use the recording as blackmail–to

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succeeded, he would gain a foothold of influence