Divorce Time

Chapter 149

Granger could sense Charlene’s hesitation, so he reassured her, “I promise, my personal matters will never interfere with the business between your uncle and me.”

“Are you sure?” Charlene asked, a hint of skepticism in her voice.

“Absolutely.”

Charlene was well aware of her uncle’s company’s dire straits.

After a moment’s pause, she finally agreed, “Okay.”

“Whenever you’re free, let me know. I’ll arrange a meeting time.”

“Okay,” Charlene replied.

As they spoke, Granger noticed how the cold night wind tousled her hair. “It’s chilly out tonight. You should head inside,” he suggested.

Hearing his words stopped Charlene in her tracks. They were eerily similar to what Thorne had told her just moments before.

She nodded silently and got into her car.

Granger remained outside.

As the car passed him, Charlene rolled down the window, gave a nod of acknowledgment, and then sped off.

disappear into the distance

the

were still up, while Nadine and Carl

Helena and Vernon looked up, obviously having waited

Helena

for her, Charlene set her bag down and took

you decided

markedly different from before, and it was hard not to

planning to get a

saying, “Well, that’s good. Divorce is good.”

her expression turned worried. “But Minnie is quite attached to him, and he has been really good to Minnie these past years. He probably

about

yet voiced

with him properly. It’s late;

and Vernon went off to

Charlene had received a list of project tasks from Stewart, marked as urgent by their teacher,

a.m.

water, Charlene replied, “Got it,” and immediately got to work without even

a.m., she had finished her tasks

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finished too and reminded her, “The professor wants us to