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, Mommy,

“Yep, goodbye.”

the phone, looked at Thorne, and

she just had a

“Is that so?”

“Yeah.”

“Hmm.”

the end

the next few days, Charlene worked from home.

on her injury, confirming Charlene’s suspicion that she

submitted to Kenton received feedback within two days. The core technical content they discussed, which others would consider confidential, got dismissed as worthless

Kenton.

the following few days, Charlene and Stewart spent much time

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

arrival, Stewart shared, “Thorne seems genuinely interested in partnering

hadn’t visited personally but had sent someone to contact them the week before. Stewart

from Thorne’s side was to visit again soon, and if the discussion went well, they

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but not

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