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.

days were hectic over

headed straight to the Neural Nexus Tech entrance to meet up.

team were already there when they arrived.

an

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

to get an early start to keep up with the schedule.

didn’t bother commenting further, and Charlene focused on her

Charlene was about to head to the restroom, Thorne appeared. This time, it didn’t seem like he

brief greeting with

room, he headed their

Henderson, what brings you here?”

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

herself, “Sorry, I need to run to

me.”

and Charlene left.

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

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

shook

she spoke, she saw Thorne emerge from the conference room, supporting a woozy Vesta, before they both disappeared from sight.

“What happened to Director