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.”

his arms, unwilling to leave. But she

She caught it reflexively, holding

felt like a cherished moment

she casually placed the jacket aside and told Jasmine, “I’ll go make some soup.”

a bit. Hearing about the soup, she

her leave, Thorne’s gaze fell on the

the soup, Charlene began preparing other ingredients. Twenty minutes

went upstairs.

floor, she saw Thorne at the end of the hallway, on the phone by a window. “Her fever has gone down. No need to worry.” he said.

to Vesta? Did Vesta genuinely care

withdrew her gaze and

after her treatment, sweating

assuming Charlene wanted to tend to Jasmine personally. That had always been

her head.

read too much into it,

finished, Charlene sat on the couch and asked,