Divorce Time

Chapter 336

Padgett paused, clearly incredulous. “Walking away with nothing? Are you sure about that?”

Thorne was being pretty generous, offering her a fortune so vast that she could live lavishly for the rest of her life and still not spend it all.

Padgett couldn’t quite wrap his head around why she would want to give up such easy money.

Charlene replied, “I’m sure, but I have one condition.”

She never really planned on taking his money. Even if she turned it down, she wouldn’t feel like she was missing out.

But…

When Irma had that fall and ended up in the hospital, Thorne, in his gratitude for Charlene visiting Irma, not only handed her a check for twenty million dollars but also gifted her three townhouses in the community

where Helena lived.

Although Thorne had given her those townhouses later on, they were still included in the divorce settlement.

So, even though the deeds for the townhouses were in her name, and she technically owned them, as long as the divorce papers weren’t finalized, the properties didn’t truly belong to her.

If she walked away with nothing, she wouldn’t get those townhouses.

might just hand them over to the Hawkins family or the

Spencer family’s reputation, if they got those townhouses, they’d likely move right into her grandmother’s neighborhood and make her life

want those three townhouses. I don’t

a significant amount of

townhouses.

understood Charlene’s stance.

seemed like a raw deal to him, she was firm in her decision,

otherwise.

plans, Padgett quickly got in touch with Thorne’s

half an hour later, just as Charlene was getting ready

to discuss the

yet?” Thorne asked from the other end.

to the chase, she said, “I assume your

you want, I’m okay with it. However, after Grandma found out about our divorce and

cared about her, and the old lady would definitely be interested in how the assets were divided in

coolly, “Let’s not tell her. We’ll

Thorne chuckled. “You’ve gotten

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