Divorce Time

Chapter 47

Footsteps echoed from outside. Thome was back.

“Daddy!”

“Hmm.” Thorne entered and went to the bedside.

Seeing him, Charlene tried to put Jasmine down to make room for Thorne, but Jasmine clung to her, reaching out for her dad.

Thorne came closer and lifted Jasmine into his arms.

Holding Jasmine close, Charlene could catch the familiar scent of his cologne. But mingled with that familiar smell was a light whiff of ,women’s perfume. She had caught a whiff of this on Vesta at the dinner bash earlier.

Charlene turned away, rising to put some distance between them, stopping when the scents faded.

Adorned with a sleek watch, Thorne gently touched Jasmine’s forehead with his wrist before he looked at Charlene. “How’s her fever? Did it go down a bit?”

Charlene relayed the doctor’s words. “It’s shifted from a high to a low fever, but it’s still unstable. It might spike again.”

into his arms, unwilling to leave.

off his jacket and handed it to Charlene. She caught it reflexively, holding it close

his jacket would have felt like a cherished moment of happiness she wouldn’t want to

aside and told Jasmine, “I’ll

parents at home, Jasmine seemed to perk up a bit. Hearing about the soup, she obediently nodded, “Okay, thanks, Mommy.” Charlene smiled

her leave, Thorne’s gaze fell on the

Charlene began preparing other ingredients. Twenty minutes later, she emerged

Charlene went

hallway, on the phone by a window. “Her

he talking to Vesta? Did

her gaze and

her treatment, sweating profusely.

towel, assuming Charlene wanted to tend to Jasmine personally. That had always been Charlene’s way. With anything concerning Jasmine and Thorne, she

shook her head.

too much into it,

couch and asked, “Did the