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,

be entirely accurate. After all, when Charlene was eight, her father, determined not to let Vesta

Charlene lived with her mentally ill mother and was raised by

uncle’s business faltered, the Hawkins family’s

no expense in giving her the best of everything and invested a fortune

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

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

match.

end their association. But fate seemed

and Thorne were childhood friends, but no matter how hard she tried, Thorne never saw her the way he

you okay?” Seeing Charlene’s pale face,

snapped back to

were nearing their divorce, and whoever Thorne would love from

day, Charlene didn’t dwell on the matter between Thorne and Vesta any

up. It was her best friend, Connie, calling to say she had drunk