All Chapters of Side Chick Era… Over: Chapter 2551 - Chapter 2560

The zoomed-in photo was blurry, but Julliard still recognized Thomas — the very man who'd cost him so dearly — at a single glance.Sharon was actually with Thomas!How could she be with him?Julliard nearly lost it once he realized.It took him a good while to force himself calm enough to call Sharon.His breathing sounded ragged. "So… right now, it's just the two of you? You and Thomas alone?"Sharon hadn't thought much of it before, but after her call with Wendy, she couldn't help but feel a little strange about it herself.She hesitated for a moment before replying, "Yes."Julliard's grip on the phone tightened so hard the screen nearly cracked with a faint, ominous creak.He took a few deep breaths. "Sharon, I know Thomas saved you. But no matter how you look at it, Thomas is still a man."His identity's still unclear, you haven't known each other that long, and you don't really understand him. What if — I'm just saying, what if — he ends up like Meredith, and gets some i

Julliard had come here to find Sharon, packing his bags in a hurry — how could he possibly be carrying contraband?The security officers exchanged a glance, then quietly closed in around him."Mr. Macaron, please cooperate with our investigation."Julliard knew that if he actually went along with this "investigation," there was no telling how long it would drag on.Worse, his lawyer wasn't here, so there was no way to get himself bailed out anytime soon.By the time these people finished questioning him, Sharon would already be long done with her trip and gone with Thomas.Where would he even start looking for her then?At the thought of Sharon, Julliard's eyes lit up.If he didn't want Sharon left alone with Thomas, he could simply call her and ask her to come help him.Now that he was in trouble, given everything he'd once done for her, Sharon would surely come.And once she did, would she really be in the mood to keep playing tourist with Thomas?If he'd come here just to

Knowing Thomas wasn't fond of photos, Sharon had used his own phone to take plenty of shots of him.Seeing her come out, Thomas glanced up."You're awake? Want something to eat?""Have you eaten yet?" Sharon asked."Not yet," Thomas said."Sorry," Sharon said apologetically. "I overslept. Next time it's mealtime, don't wait on me — just go ahead and eat.""It's fine," Thomas said. "I wasn't very hungry anyway."Sharon didn't waste any more time, grabbing her coat and heading downstairs with Thomas to the restaurant.They'd barely sat down when Thomas's phone rang.He glanced at the caller ID and stood. "I need to take this."Sharon nodded lightly, though she found it a little odd.Had Thomas made a friend?But during all this time together, seeing each other every single day, she hadn't noticed him becoming friends with anyone.Curious as she was, Sharon didn't press the matter.Thomas stepped outside the restaurant and answered the call.It was Liam."Mr. Ferrero, we'v

The wooden walkway leading to the hot springs was dotted with beads of water from the rising steam.By the time Sharon reached the pool, Thomas was already soaking in the water.Amid the drifting mist, Thomas leaned back against the bluestone edge of the pool.The steam wrapped him in a soft haze, yet it did nothing to hide the shape of him, made only more distinct by the damp.Sharon had cared for Thomas at the hospital before, but there was still a line between men and women that she instinctively kept.He always dressed neatly otherwise, and she'd only ever registered him as tall, with straight shoulders — but now, with that layer of fabric gone, his true build was on full display.His upper body was bare, not overly muscular, but every line of it well-defined, his abs faintly visible through the drifting steam, like jade polished smooth by the hot spring water.His legs were long, the muscles of his calves clean and defined beneath the water, the shape of his thighs faintly

"I'd love to know, Miss Walt, what century did you climb out of?"As Thomas said this, he glanced past Kelly."How did you end up soaking alone? Where's that precious boyfriend of yours? Don't tell me you drove him off again.""Shut your mouth!" Kelly shrilled. "Carter and I are none of your business!""Funny," Thomas said, unhurried, "since me and Sharon apparently are yours."Kelly opened her mouth, but for once, couldn't find a comeback.Carter, freshly changed, had just stepped out and spotted the crowd gathered around Kelly. His eyelid twitched, an uneasy feeling stirring in his gut.He'd once thought Kelly gentle, kind, and gifted.But over the past while, with Madeline refusing to approve of the relationship and even lining up marriage prospects for him, Kelly had started to become someone he no longer recognized.Carter had hoped this trip might repair things between them — if it did, they'd stay together.But if Kelly kept acting the way she used to… then he'd have t