Chapter 226
Perhaps realizing he was in the wrong, Carter’s voice-for once-lost its usual chill. “That day, Kelly had a check-up. I really couldn’t get away.”
Sharon let out a sharp, mocking laugh. “You couldn’t get away, sure, but couldn’t bother to let me know either?” Her tone was biting. “You already stood me up that morning, and you promised you’d come in the afternoon.
“You didn’t show, not even a single text. Carter, you’re the CEO of a company, and this is how you keep your word? Can you still call yourself a man?”
Her voice, her eyes-cold and cutting. Each word landed like a blade. Gone was the gentle, composed woman people were used to. This Sharon was unrecognizable, and more than a little unsettling.
Carter’s expression turned dark, his voice low and stern. “Sharon, don’t be unreasonable. You never used to act like this.” (1)
She let out a soft, disbelieving laugh.
“I’m being unreasonable?” she repeated. “You break your promises over and over, and I’m the one being unreasonable?” She stared at him, unflinching. “Is this how you treat your business partners too? You bail on them, no explanation, no message, and when they ask for one, you tell them they’re being difficult?”
A shadow passed through Carter’s eyes. “Sharon, you’re my wife. You’re the closest person to me. I thought… you were different from the rest.”
Her smile twisted, her gaze colder than ever. Even her eyebrows seemed frosted over.
“Wife?” she repeated, scorn thick in her voice. “Closest person?” She shook her head slowly. “Carter, do you even hear yourself? Your mother’s the closest person to you in this world, too. Would you treat her the same way you treat me? Break your word. Vanish without notice. Like it means nothing?”
She looked him straight in the eye. “To you, I’m just a trash can. Something you summon when you need it, and toss aside when you don’t. I don’t believe you’d ever treat another person this way-only me.”
For a moment, Carter looked dazed, as if the realization had hit him somewhere he didn’t know existed.
It was true. He had never been this careless with anyone else. Somewhere deep inside, he had assumed-no matter what-she would understand. She wouldn’t make things difficult for him. She never had before.
But now… now he began to see it. Maybe, just maybe, he had gone too far this time.
He softened.
“You’re right,” he said quietly. “This one’s on me. I apologize. I promise, it won’t happen again. Even if something really comes up, I’ll call you. You’ll know.”
But the only thing that answered him was her cold, disdainful smile.
“From now on, Carter, I won’t believe a single word you say.”
She wasn’t interested in digging through the past anymore. There was no point. She knew exactly where she stood in his world.
Still, this-this latest blow-had pushed her too far.
Looking him square in the eye, she said, calmly but firmly, “And one more thing. I’ve filed for divorce. The paperwork’s already with the court. I just hope that when the official hearing comes, you don’t have something else come up and fail to show.”
With that, she turned and walked away, not sparing him another glance.
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Chapter 226
She didn’t make it far before she ran into Nate, who had just been thrown out by Uriah and Matty.
Neither of them were people he could afford to offend.
So now, he was left skulking outside, humiliated.
As she brushed past him, he let out a dismissive tch.
Sharon didn’t even flinch. Didn’t look back. Just kept walking.
Carter stood there, unmoving. His dark eyes fixed on the direction she’d gone, as if he could hold her in place by staring hard enough.
Nate ambled up beside him, full of nosy curiosity. “So, Carter, what’d Sharon want to talk to you about?”
“She mad you didn’t show up for your little date?” He smirked. “You stood her up last time too. She’s probably cooking up a new strategy, huh?”
