Divorce Time

Chapter 172

Charlene paused but didn’t say much, taking the set of papers from him.

Charlen

Terence’s grades were quite impressive, and his fundamentals were solid. Charlene took a look at the two tests he handed over, helped him streamline his thoughts a bit, and he quickly grasped where he had gone wrong.

“Wow, Charlene, you’re amazing, thank you!”

Once he got it, Terence, unconcerned about his appearance, hunched over the coffee table and started writing

away.

After he finished the physics problems, he packed up his books and pen, declaring, “Done! Finally, I can play on my phone now!”

Charlene giggled, tossing aside the newspaper she was flipping through. Feeling a bit perked up, she thought about heading upstairs to grab a book to kill some time. Meanwhile, Terence leaned closer, lowering his voice, “Hey, Charlene, you know my racing queen, right? She was in another car race recently and totally rocked it. I

nagged a video; want to check it out?”

Charlene hesitated, her smile fading slightly, “No thanks, I’m not really into car racing.”

shared his interest, “I saw you with binoculars at the race that day; I thought you

explained, “I was looking for some people I knew at the event

wasn’t interested, Terence didn’t press further. He turned back to his phone to continue

“I’m going to head upstairs

of energy, responded, “Sure, Charlene, you do seem more upbeat, but make sure to rest up,

nodded, “I will.” With that, she headed upstairs.

she returned to her

her bag. She often brought a book or two

book she wanted in her room, she thought it might be in Jasmine’s, so she headed there next.

door was

reach her room, she heard Jasmine talking from inside: “Ms. Hawkins, I’m so boredom you chat with me a bit

stopped in her

Jasmine’s voice rang out, bright and cheerful: “I’ll come down for the soup soon, I promise I won’t skip it, Ms.

against the wall, Charlene listened.

Hawkins,

Jasmine didn’t immediately

stepped into Jasmine’s room, catching

lying on her bed, kicking her feet in the air happily.