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.”

might not be entirely accurate. After all, when Charlene was eight, her father, determined not

Charlene lived with her mentally ill mother and was raised

the years, while her uncle’s business faltered,

said to compensate for Vesta’s difficult childhood, her father spared no expense in giving her the best of everything

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

for over a decade, Vesta exuded an aura of nobility that even Charlene, the original heiress,

match.

end their association. But fate seemed

matter how hard she tried, Thorne never saw her the

pale face, her colleagues grew concerned.

to reality. “I’m fine.”

love from then

dwell on the matter between Thorne and Vesta any

phone rang as she was wrapping up. It was her best friend, Connie, calling to say she had drunk too much and needed Charlene to pick her up.