Divorce Time

Chapter 80

Hearing Jasmine’s words, Charlene suddenly snapped back to reality.

Just the day before, she had fallen, and he hadn’t bothered to help her stand up. She was injured, but he acted as if it was none of his business,

His indifference could only mean he didn’t care about her, or perhaps he was worried about upsetting Vesta.

Vesta’s thoughts and feelings must be paramount to him, right?

Whether she lived or died seemed utterly inconsequential to him. Otherwise, why would he have reacted so indifferently to her fall and injury?

While thinking this, Charlene’s expression turned cold, and Thorne beat her to it as she was about to decline the call.

“Ask your mom.”

Upon hearing that, Jasmine asked Charlene, “Mommy, Dad’s asking if you want to talk to him over the phone.”

Charlene pursed her lips and stated plainly, “No need. Mommy’s busy.”

“Oh…” Jasmine told Thorne, “Dad, Mommy said no.”

Thorne acknowledged, “Hmm.”

then said, “Well,

“Yep, goodbye.”

put down the phone, looked at Thorne, and mentioned, “Dad, Mommy seems

why, but she just had a feeling all of a

indifferently, “Is

“Yeah.”

“Hmm.”

was the end of

few days,

check on her injury, confirming

days. The core technical content they discussed, which others would

Kenton.

the following few days, Charlene and Stewart spent much time revising their “homework” based on Kenton’s comments

Charlene’s foot was mostly better. She still wasn’t driving, but she could make it

“Thorne seems genuinely interested in partnering

sent someone to contact them the week before. Stewart feared it might upset Charlene and had kept it from her.

was to visit again soon, and if the discussion went well, they could finalize a preliminary

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director sent by Thorne from his tech company but not an employee of the Henderson Group, met Charlene for the first

in tech, he greeted her courteously, “Ms. Ross,