Divorce Time

Chapter 341

Chapter 341

Granger sent another text before disappearing for the night.

“I’m at a work dinner, you guys go ahead and chat.”

After that, he was off the grid.

Once Granger got into his car, he didn’t pay much attention to the ongoing conversation and replied, “I’m busy too, catch you later.”

Then he closed the messaging app.

Seeing both Thorne and Granger were out of the loop, Vesta chimed in, “Time for dinner, talk later.”

Moran was totally speechless.

That afternoon, Charlene headed to the R&D department for a meeting. Gaylord was there too.

As Charlene skillfully identified issues and quickly offered solutions, Gaylord watched her without interrupting.

After the meeting wrapped up, Charlene was about to leave when she noticed Gaylord looking her way. She paused and, out of courtesy, asked, “Is your first day at the company going well?”

Gaylord replied, “I’m settling in fine, thanks for asking.”

Charlene nodded, said no more, and left the conference room with her laptop.

In the following days, Charlene juggled her work while negotiating a copyright agreement with an Al journal.

On Friday, after reviewing the R&D department’s work report, Charlene asked Chester to send Gaylord to her

office.

Three minutes later, Gaylord knocked and entered.

and performance of the existing model to a degree, but it still isn’t quite living up

began discussing the issues

three or four days now.

the day of his interview,

day, he had sent her a bouquet of yellow roses

had passed, and Charlene never mentioned the flowers.

was as if she never received them, and she didn’t seem curious about his reason

apparent to him during the interview.

work firsthand, he realized she was far more

the Al field, Gaylord was considered a prodigy.

working with Charlene, he felt he hadn’t even scratched the

more innovative and skilled than the big names

More importantly, she-

finished speaking, and seeing that Gaylord didn’t leave immediately, she looked up, “Any other

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questions?”

stood up, and said,

said nothing further.

returned to

his

going with that Charlene girl? Do you think she’d choose you over Stewart?”

between him or Stewart?

probably just another researcher in the department.

progress,” he said while continuing to analyze

and almost

phone but didn’t answer, focusing on his work instead.

Meanwhile, across town…