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

the

already there

raised an eyebrow,

early. Didn’t you

an early start to keep up with the schedule.

and

the restroom, Thorne appeared. This time, it didn’t seem

with

headed

asked, “Mr. Henderson, what brings

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

who excused herself, “Sorry, I need

me.”

and Charlene left.

restroom, Charlene was nearly back to Thorne and Stewart when a sharp cry of “Director Hawkins” echoed from the conference room, followed by a

he rushed towards the conference room. He brushed past her so forcefully that Charlene nearly stumbled, her shoulder aching from

shoulder, Charlene shook

from the conference room,

“What happened to Director