Divorce Time

Chapter 135

been over a decade, but the memory was as vivid as if it happened just yesterday.

She recalled the day she returned from a tearful trip to the restroom only to find Katie holding out two ice creams, one for her and one for Vesta. As a waiter passed by with a tray full of dirty dishes, one of the ice creams got nicked and smeared with a bit of grease.

Vesta immediately chose the untouched one.

Katie just ruffled her head with a laugh, not bothering to exchange the spoiled one for a new treat.

When she handed over the ice cream without a word about the missing piece, it struck her. Given the Hawkins family’s wealth at the time, replacing the ice cream would have been no issue. They could afford thousands, yet Katie didn’t.

That moment crystallized the realization that Katie’s affections had soured.

She would never forget the malicious glint in little Vesta’s eyes as she held the tainted ice cream.

there were countless similar instances.

Thorne now, those feelings seemed irrelevant.

replied with a sarcastic smile, “So, you say you care about me, yet you shove Vesta into my marriage? That’s an odd

and Maureen didn’t even flinch at her words, probably anticipating her

cling to someone who doesn’t love you? You could start fresh after the divorce. I was

shifting between Katie and Maureen. “I’ve heard your. ‘concerns‘ more times than I can count. Don’t you get tired of repeating the same old lines? Maybe find some new

had

tension, gave a nervous smile and nodded, “Yeah,

“Granny, Mrs. Hawkins, we’ll be off

smile, but her sigh as she looked at Charlene spoke volumes. Ever since Henley initiated the divorce, any deviation from their wishes seemed to exhaust them, as if she was the

with her mother at the Ross household after her parents‘ divorce filled her with fear of being blamed and receiving disapproving sighs, causing her