Side Chick Era Over (Sharon and Carter) novel Chapter 471

Chapter 471

Nate froze for a second when he saw what happened. Then he scoffed.

“Sharon is always causing drama. We were gone for what, five minutes? And she’s already making a scene again. She probably fell in on purpose. Just trying to get your attention. Next thing you know, she’ll pretend she can’t swim, so you’ll have to give her mouth-to-mouth. Seriously pathetic. She’s getting more manipulative by the day.”

Carter’s eyes narrowed.

He suddenly remembered-Sharon was terrified of water. She never learned how to swim.

His pupils shrank as he instinctively moved, ready to jump in and pull her out, but before he could, Sharon surfaced and began swimming steadily toward shore.

Even Carter stood stunned.

And on the bridge above, Kelly’s expression froze as well.

Didn’t Nate say Sharon couldn’t swim?

By the time Sharon reached land, Carter and Nate were already hurrying toward her.

Carter held out a hand to help her up, but she ignored him completely and pulled herself out, straight-faced.

Kelly had always preferred to play the victim, getting hurt just enough to blame it on someone else, stirring sympathy while framing Sharon. But pushing her into the lake like that-out in the open-that was something Sharon hadn’t expected.

Kelly was someone who cared deeply about appearances. Laying hands on someone was risky. Too easy to get caught.

Still, she approached Sharon with practiced concern. “Sharon, how did you fall into the water like that? You weren’t being careful?”

Sharon shifted her gaze, eyes landing on Kelly’s performative expression. “You think I wasn’t careful?”

Kelly blinked at her, feigning surprise. “Wait… are you saying you did it on purpose?”

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Then, as if catching herself, she quickly covered her mouth with both hands, eyes flicking upward, hesitant and watchful.

She looked like she was afraid she’d said too much.

Her voice dropped, quiet and coaxing. “Sharon, I’ve told you so many times… there’s nothing between Carter and me. We’re just friends. You’re Theo’s mother. No one can take that away from you. There’s no need to hurt yourself over it…

“If it really bothers you that much, I’ll stop visiting Theo… please don’t do anything reckless again.”

Every word was dipped in false modesty, carefully crafted to make it seem like Sharon had jumped in just to win Carter’s

attention.

Nate, ever the loyal sidekick, didn’t waste the opportunity to pile on. “Wow, Sharon, how humiliating is that? What was your plan? Fall in the water and make Carter give you CPR?”

He barked out a laugh. “You’re seriously losing your touch.”

Carter stood silent, eyes fixed on Sharon’s drenched figure. “When did you learn how to swim?”

Sharon wiped the water from her face. Her tone was flat and cold. “Right after your mom’s birthday party.”

Last year, at Madeline’s birthday party, one of Nate’s drunken friends had pushed her into the pool as a cruel joke. She couldn’t swim-never had been able to. As she screamed for help, no one moved.

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They stood by the edge, laughing, whispering that she was faking it. Not one of them jumped in.

Some even pulled out their phones and filmed her as she flailed.

Back then, Theo hadn’t turned against her yet. When he realized something was wrong, he rushed off to find Carter.

It was Carter who pulled her out in the end and rushed her to the hospital.

The scene had caused such an uproar that Madeline’s birthday party was all but ruined. And that was when Carter first realized Sharon was afraid of water.

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