All Chapters of Side Chick Era… Over: Chapter 721 - Chapter 724

Carter's eyes darkened with anger as he strode toward Sharon.Just then, Sharon's foot slipped on the damp stones, and she nearly fell. Fortunately, Xavier reacted swiftly, catching her before she hit the ground."Thank you," she murmured.She had barely steadied herself when a powerful force wrenched the two of them apart.Unprepared, Sharon staggered back two steps. Her heel struck a slick pebble, and she almost toppled again."Sharon!" Xavier instinctively reached out to steady her once more.But before he could, Carter seized her wrist in a brutal grip, yanking her sharply into his chest."Sharon. Xavier. What the hell are you two doing?!"Xavier caught hold of her other wrist, his expression darkening. "Carter, let her go."Carter's voice cut like ice. "You let go."At the sight of him, Sharon's face paled. "Carter, what are you doing? Let me go!"She tried to wrench her hand free, but his grip was like iron, unyielding and merciless. Her struggle only made his fingers

Carter stood frozen long after Sharon left.In the past, he could always comfort himself with the thought that she was just throwing a tantrum. Once Kelly's concert was over, he would coax her gently, and she would come back.After all, they still had a child together. No one knew better than he how much Sharon cared about Theo. He couldn't believe that, as a mother, she could truly bear to abandon her son.And he—he owed her far too much because of Kelly.He used to think of it this way: Sharon was his wife, part of him. What harm was a little grievance? Kelly, on the other hand, was an outsider. Better to shortchange Sharon for a while than be indebted to Kelly.Once Kelly's troubles were resolved, he would make it up to Sharon.He had believed with such certainty that half a year's time was nothing, that Sharon could endure it.But once neglect turned into habit, every concession Sharon made became, in his eyes, a matter of course.By the time Carter finally woke from his de