Divorce Time

Chapter 99

When Charlene realized it was Vesta who answered the call, she wasn’t the least bit surprised.

After all, she and Thorne were so close, practically inseparable.

So what if she answered Thorne’s phone?

Calmly, Charlene spoke up, “I’m looking for Thorne.”

Vesta, recognizing Charlene’s voice on the other end, replied icily, “He’s taking a shower. If you need something, ‘you can tell me.”

Tell her?

Indeed, the matter did concern her.

The person her uncle spotted in the neighborhood today was none other than Vesta’s aunt, but the one who bought that mansion might very well be Henley.

His purchase of the mansion was likely a gesture of goodwill towards Vesta’s grandmother, his mother–in–law

now.

So, if Charlene really did tell Vesta, would she stop her grandmother and uncle from moving into that mansion? No, she wouldn’t.

Besides, Charlene couldn’t believe that Vesta was unaware of her uncle’s family planning to move across from their mansion.

Therefore, telling Vesta would be pointless and could even backfire.

word, Charlene hung up the

hour passed, and still, no call from

She

Thorne just didn’t want to call her back. At this point, it made no difference

she dialed his number once more.

a moment to calm herself down before calling Thorne’s butler, asking, “Are they

something you need?”

“It’s nothing.”

a restless night.

morning, after nine, she tried calling Thorne again. This time the call

if it was Vesta or Thorne who hung up. She

phone and purse,

Charlene found herself back at Thorne’s mansion.

her enthusiastically, “Madam, you’ve

“Yes.”

lunch at home? I can have it

would be nice, thank

she paused briefly before entering the master bedroom.

08:40

on the edge of

products she used during her last stay, along with the clothes she had worn, were all returned to their place, hanging right next

as if she had

to call Thorne, and he didn’t return her calls