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.

hung up the

hour passed, and still,

She

message or if Thorne just didn’t want

resigned, she dialed his number once more.

tighter, Charlene took a moment to calm herself

there something you need?” the butler

“It’s nothing.”

had a restless

she tried calling Thorne again. This time the call went

who hung up.

purse, she left the house.

herself back

greeted her enthusiastically, “Madam,

“Yes.”

you be having lunch at home? I can have

nice, thank you.”

the second floor, she paused briefly before entering

08:40

purse down, she sat on the edge of

as she left it, unchanged. The skincare products she used during her last stay, along with the clothes

if she had never left.

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