All Chapters of Side Chick Era… Over: Chapter 1251 - Chapter 1260

At last, Sharon understood what Xavier had meant when he said there were blind dates one couldn't refuse."Jacob," she said, "my boyfriend isn't Thomas. It's Xavier Cooper. We met back in Zachemaine. He's helped me a lot in the past."Jacob's brow eased slightly."Xavier Cooper… Among the younger generation, he's not bad at all. But most of his business isn't based in Marcentine. The help he can offer you will always be limited."Sharon, the Kalen Group is what it is today largely thanks to your mother—at least eighty percent of the credit is hers. And now, everything that should've been hers is firmly in the hands of Richard and his sons… and even divided with that illegitimate daughter of his, Victoria. Sharon, can you really bear to watch your mother's legacy fall into their hands?"Sharon smiled."Jacob, even if I agreed to a political marriage right now, it wouldn't change things overnight. A marriage alliance would only make my intentions obvious to everyone. If I rise too

Still, they couldn't afford to push Thomas too hard—not yet. They needed him useful, not alienated.Scott turned to his sister. "Victoria, I remember you once said Thomas was looking for his first love. Since you've got the same pair of earrings, why not start from there?"Victoria smiled. "I'm done using that story. First it was Kelly, then Johanna, and now me. When the truth comes out, it'll just turn into Sharon again. That first love story has lost its magic."Rarity makes value. No matter how sacred his first love once was, by now it's become cheap and overused. And after what he went through with Kelly and Johanna, he's bound to be more cautious.The risk of lying to him again outweighs the reward."Victoria liked challenges—people and situations that kept her pulse steady but her mind alert. And after spending time around Thomas, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. She hadn't found anything remarkable about him. She couldn't understand why Johanna had been so ob

Silas said, "I understand."After ending the call, Victoria steered the car in the opposite direction from Thomas.Everyone in the Ferrero family was a little insane. They lived for danger, thrived on the edge. Best to stay away from people like that—before their madness burned you too.…After being rescued once again, Jamie finally decided to leave the hospital and recover somewhere safe.His whereabouts had been leaked. Even the hospital owned by his own company had been bought off. Staying there any longer would be inviting death.He got into the car, his face ashen, almost translucent. The wounds weren't fatal, but he had lost an arm. After so many assassinations, so many brushes with death and desperate resuscitations, his body was a shell of what it used to be.He leaned back against the seat and closed his eyes. Lately, everything had happened too fast, too violently.The shipment hijacked from the Eide family still hadn't been resolved. Within his own company, voices w

People like Carter, Xavier, and Julliard had already noticed Thomas's feelings for Sharon. The Kalen family, too, had long suspected that something ambiguous was going on between Thomas and Sharon.Thomas smiled lazily. "I've been so obvious about it, and yet you're only realizing it now? Hard to believe someone with a mind like yours managed to become head of a family."Then his smile deepened. "Well, enough talk. It's time we settled our accounts."…When Victoria received the call, she was sitting in a café, sipping coffee and scrolling through the news.As expected, Victory had barely been on the road before it shot straight to the top of the trending list.A faint trace of contempt flickered in her eyes.She'd met plenty of men who liked her—each with their own ways of showing it. Thomas's tricks belonged to the lowest tier. If her brothers hadn't asked her to get close to him, she wouldn't have spared him a second glance.She hated foolish men.Before she met Thomas, she

After Gerald left, Victoria turned to Thomas. The warmth in her eyes was gone, replaced by frost."Quite the trick you pulled," she said.Thomas smirked. "Compared to you, I still have a lot to learn. You prefer to kill with someone else's knife. I do it myself."At this point, Victoria knew there was no chance of winning him over. The bridge had burned completely."If you wanted to use me against Jamie," she asked, "why show your hand so soon? Why not keep pretending a little longer?""I don't have your talent for pretense," he replied, tone calm but laced with disdain. "I can't stand to play nice with people I despise. Some people make it impossible to even fake civility. Unfortunately, you're one of them."Her expression almost slipped then. It was the first time anyone had looked her straight in the eye and said, I hate you.The words landed somewhere strange inside her—half absurd, half cutting. Everything about Thomas seemed to push at the edges of her composure, testing h