All Chapters of Side Chick Era… Over: Chapter 2331 - Chapter 2340

Most of the time, Wendy would say something pitiful and heart-wrenching, but her facial expression would tell a completely different story. She'd even make gestures in front of him, pretending to throw a punch. To his surprise, he didn't find it annoying—instead, he found it amusing.She was the first woman like this he'd ever met. Vibrant. Radiant. Warm.Like a ray of light injecting life into his otherwise stagnant existence.At first, he'd only seen her as a way to kill time. So when Jamie started looking into her, he'd quietly stepped in and shielded her.Wendy was indeed the type of woman who loved and hated boldly. If someone did her a favor, she'd repay it tenfold. After he protected her and "fed" her some useful intel, she seemed genuinely grateful. Her attitude toward him shifted noticeably. She even started brewing medicinal meals for him herself—though they tasted so awful that for a while he was convinced she was trying to poison him.Still, he could tell her concern w

Thomas had spotted snipers in the vicinity and taken his men to deal with them. Meanwhile, Sharon had tracked Wendy's phone location and rushed over with her team to rescue her.Though Thomas was uneasy about letting Sharon go alone, he knew that if he didn't neutralize the hidden snipers, she'd be in even greater danger. And rescuing Wendy couldn't wait. Weighing the options, he left the relatively safer task of extraction to Sharon.Sharon turned to Loki. "Loki, take the helicopter and go. Get Wendy and Lesley to the hospital safely, then contact reinforcements."She then turned to Jordan. "We're going to find Jamie and Harley."The warehouse complex was enormous, stretching in a long row. Even with a sizable team, they couldn't locate everyone quickly. Sharon had come in a hurry and didn't have a full picture of the situation. But seeing how badly Wendy and Lesley had been hurt, her heart sank. What exactly was Harley holding in his hand?…The moon hung cold and pale. Not f

Sharon quickly lifted Jamie's jacket.A bomb device was strapped to his body, and the countdown timer showed just three minutes remaining.Jamie's expression shifted as well. So while he'd been unconscious, Harley hadn't left—he'd planted a bomb on him instead.What a vicious scheme.Harley could have killed him outright, but he chose not to—he'd strapped explosives to him instead. Clearly, his goal was to take out everyone around Jamie as well.Jamie immediately said, "Sharon, get out of here. Now."Sharon stared at the countdown, her face darkening. "There's less than three minutes left. I probably won't make it to safety in time—and we don't even know if there are snipers stationed outside."A bomb this powerful had a wide blast radius; two or three minutes wouldn't be enough to reach a safe distance.She glanced at the device strapped to Jamie. She'd learned to fly planes and pilot boats, but bomb disposal was completely outside her skill set. She had no idea how to defuse

"Risk and reward always go hand in hand," Sharon said.You couldn't have it both ways—taking all the benefits while refusing to bear any of the risks.Thirty percent of the Walton family's shares was no small sum. Over the years, Sharon had used that equity to build alliances, seize market share, and strengthen her position—she'd reaped enormous advantages from it. Even her own father had never been willing to transfer that many shares to her at once. Jamie had done so simply out of affection and a sense of indebtedness—and Sharon had never once taken that for granted.After all, for the sake of shares, siblings turned on each other, brothers went to war. In the face of profit, human life meant little—so what was affection? What was guilt?Sharon looked at Jamie's weakened state and said flatly, "Don't blame yourself. Harley planned all of this meticulously, and he's been watching us from the shadows the entire time. There's no way he'd let us off that easily. Even if Thomas and I

Sharon felt her body lift as she was propelled toward the skylight. She quickly braced her hands on the edges and pulled herself up.Thomas soon hoisted Jamie up as well. Sharon looked down and her pupils contracted sharply."Thomas!" she shouted. "The fire's reached you!"Blazing tongues of flame licked upward from below, closing in around his feet.Thomas didn't even flinch. His voice remained calm as he cut through her panic."Sharon, pull Jamie up first."She snapped back to attention and hauled Jamie up with all her strength. Her nails broke from the strain, but she didn't have time to care.Once Jamie was safely up, she immediately reached her hand down to Thomas."Thomas—quick, take my hand!"He stretched his arm up toward her.Just as she was about to grab hold—CRASH—His hand slipped past hers, and he vanished from her sight.Sharon stared blankly at her empty hand, frozen in disbelief.She hadn't caught him.Thomas had fallen.She looked down into the inferno r