Side Chick Era Over (Sharon and Carter) novel Chapter 335

Chapter 335

“L… I’m fine, Carter,” Kelly said softly, forcing a smile. “It’s my fat, I wasn’t careful” Carter said, “The cup’s broken. No point picking it up now.”

“But… it was something Theo made himself. It’s a shame for it to end up like this.”

Even as she spoke, Kelly bent down, pretending like she was about to gather the pieces. Her face was full of regret “Maybe… maybe it’s still possible to fix it somehow.”

Carter stopped her, his tone firm. “Don’t. You’ll just hurt yourself gain. If you like it so much, I’ll have Theo make you another one.”

Kelly pressed a few more words of fake reluctance, sigling over how unfortunate it was, but when Carter shut her down again, she finally let it go.

Then, turning her gaze to Sharon, Kelly’s expression carried a shade of disapproval–but buried beneath it was a flicker of smugness and condescension. “Sharon, no matter what happens smashing things to vent your anger isn’t the way, don’t you think?”

Carter’s eyes fell on Sharon as well. “Sharon, is that what you’ve become now? Can’t even tolerate a cup?re

But the moment those words left his mouth, both he and Kelly suddenly realized–the entire room was staring at them.

And the looks weren’t pretty.

A faint tremor flickered beneath Kelly’s eyelids.

It was then she noticed… Theo, who used to always hover around her, fussing over her every word, hadn’t even spared her a glance.

A lazy, cold chuckle broke the silence. It was Xavier.

“Mr. Biggs. Kelly. Bit reckless, don’t you think? Before jumping to conclusions, isn’t it common sense to figure out what actually happened?

“You two don’t strike me as idiots. But here you are, skipping right past the most basic principle of–oh, I don’t know–asking what actually happened first.

“The cup broke, and the first thing out of your mouth is that Sharon did it. What now? You think she’s got some hobby of smashing cups for fun? Or…”

Xavier paused, eyes dark as deep water, turning slowly toward Carter, a half–smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

“Or… you’re both just so used to throwing her under the bus that at this point, anything broken must be her fault?”

Wendy didn’t even bother sugarcoating. “Seriously? Sharon wasn the one who broke the cup. And with judgment like this… you’re a CEO? God, the bar must be real low these days.”

Even Matty chimed in. “It was me. I dropped it. It has nothing to do with Sharon. She never even touched it.”

All eyes zeroed in on Carter and Kelly. The air felt heavier.

Carter, seasoned in corporate warfare, managed to keep his face perfectly still. But Kelly’s composure faltered.

She bit down on her lower lip, about to speak-

-but Sharon’s cool, quiet voice sliced right through.

“What is it you’re about to say?” Her tone was calm, distant. “That these are all my friends, so of course they’d You think they’re helping me lie… is that it?”

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The tension suffocated even Theo’s surging emotions. He shrank little, voice small. “It wasn’t Mom who broke It… It was… if was that bad kid…

Silence dropped like a weight.

Kelly’s gaze sharpened, locking straight onto Theo. “Theo… are you sure?”

Theo blinked, confused why she was looking at him like that. But Sharon knew exactly why.

She turned to Kelly, a slow, unreadable smile curving her lips.

“Kelly… what’s this now? Are you saying… even Theo–my biological son might be helping me lie too?”

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