Divorce Time

Chapter 177

Thorne barely glanced up from his phone when he heard her, muttering a distracted, “Sure”

Seeing him agree, Charlene felt a wave of relief wash over her.

Irma had been chatting with the butler, missing the exchange entirely, but the sight of them talking brought a warm smile to her face.

After dinner, Irma had someone bring Charlene her medicine.

Thorne excused himself from the dining room to make a call.

Charlene, having finished her medicine, was just stepping out of the dining room when the sound of a car engine caught her attention.

“Did he leave?” she wondered aloud.

Irma huffed, clearly annoyed, “Yes, off in such a hurry. Who knows what he’s up to.”

Charlene frowned, suspecting he might be off to Neural Nexus Tech to help Vesta again, despite his promise to

chat with her later.

She hoped he would return that evening. But Thorne didn’t come back.

hectic over at

breakfast, Charlene and Stewart headed straight to the Neural Nexus Tech entrance to meet up.

were already there when they

an eyebrow,

Quincy replied You’re early. Didn’t you pull

start to keep up with the schedule. It’s been intense.”

didn’t bother commenting further, and Charlene focused on

Thorne appeared. This time,

with Vesta

room, he headed

asked, “Mr. Henderson, what

took some time to review the system you’ve been working on. It looks impressive, but I have some ideas I’d

at Charlene, who excused herself, “Sorry, I need to

me.”

and Charlene left.

to Thorne and Stewart when a sharp cry of “Director Hawkins” echoed

He brushed past her so forcefully that Charlene nearly stumbled, her shoulder aching from the impact. Stewart quickly steadied

Charlene shook her head,

Thorne emerge from the conference room,

happened to Director Hawkins?”