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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.

Sharon to compromise again and again, until there was

really any different from these

escalating tension, Victoria

Sharon. He only 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 have my word, our family will demand a full

his gaze

likely hadn’t known Miles’s true intentions. According to both Julliard and Thomas, Rick had arrived to find them and Theo already

been a premeditated conspiracy, he wouldn’t have been

pointed to Miles

Carter’s gaze remained

for generations. No matter how depraved Miles’s habits are, he’s never dared touch anyone from the

not only deceived Rick but also drugged Sharon. Quite

implication settling heavily in the

“I suspect he was acting on orders. And whoever has the influence to command Miles to betray the Kalens and target Sharon must

corridor grew thick with

planned to use the recording as blackmail–to force her into

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succeeded, he would gain a foothold of influence