Divorce Time

Chapter 13

Speakily glancing at Vesta while hastily retreating to lean against the wall, Charlene’s colleagues were intimidated.

Vesta caught a glimpse of Charlene too, but she quickly looked away, unimpressed, and headed to the elevator surrounded by a group

of managers.

Charlene’s colleagues sighed with relief before eagerly diving into gossip as the elevator doors closed.

“Was that Mr. Henderson’s girlfriend? Wow, she’s stunning and draped in designer brands. They must cost a fortune, right? No wonder she carries herself with elegance and confidence, a true mark of the elite. She’s simply in a different league compared to us.”

“Absolutely!”

They then quietly asked Charlene, “What do you think, Charlene?”

Charlene said, “Yes.”

of Charlene’s father. Calling Vesta a product of an affair might not be entirely accurate. After all, when Charlene was eight, her father, determined not to let Vesta and her mother suffer, divorced Charlene’s

ill mother and was raised by her grandmother

while her uncle’s business faltered,

her father spared no expense in giving her the best of

expectations, Vesta was exceptionally accomplished. Thus, the once illegitimate daughter, Vesta, was then a legitimate heiress of a

a decade, Vesta exuded an aura of nobility that even Charlene, the

match.

had thought her childhood ties with Vesta would end their association. But fate seemed

matter how hard she tried, Thorne never saw her the way he instantly fell for Vesta at

you okay?” Seeing Charlene’s pale face, her colleagues

to reality. “I’m

nearing their divorce, and whoever Thorne would love from then on would have

the matter

It was her best friend, Connie, calling to say she had drunk too much and