Divorce Time

Chapter 379

Before Dalton could even finish his sentence, Abelard cut him off, “Are you trying to say that Stewart sided with Charlene again and gave Ms. Hawkins a hard time?”

Dalton was genuinely taken aback by Abelard’s spot–on guess. “How did you know, old man? Do you already know what went down?”

Abelard chuckled, “I didn’t know. Just a lucky guess.”

The thing was, if Charlene and Stewart had initially agreed to work with his somewhat clueless son because of him, they wouldn’t deliberately make things difficult for him at work without reason. His son wasn’t the type to stir up trouble either, which meant that any conflict probably wasn’t directly between Dalton and them.

It seemed more likely that someone Dalton cared about had run into issues with Charlene and Stewart. And that someone was probably Vesta.

Earlier that year, when he met up with Geoffrey, Charlene, and the gang for dinner, they happened to bump into Ms. Hawkins at the restaurant entrance. Abelard had noticed how attentive Dalton was to her, and given her poise and charm, he had approved.

That was until Hickey Watson informed him that Ms. Hawkins was actually Thorne Henderson’s girlfriend. Abelard wasn’t privy to the intricacies of Charlene and Thorne’s relationship, but he did notice the odd expressions Charlene and Stewart had when they saw Vesta and her father. Clearly, there was no love lost there.

there was tension with his

Dalton to confirm. And sure enough, it was all because

might develop feelings for her, so she deliberately targeted Vesta.

plan?” Abelard questioned with a bemused grin. “You want me to

Dalton replied. “Stewart’s behavior this time is just too out of line. If this

“I can’t do that for you. If you

just about helping her, I actually like Stewart. I don’t want

thought the root of the

thinning. “Stewart’s being reckless? I don’t know about that. Maybe you’re

anything about it. How can you say I’m the one who’s

tell me what happened.”

him a rundown of

Hawkins‘ fault to begin with. As the company head, she should have sorted things out promptly. Instead, she sided with her staff and family against PrimeStar’s employees. If I were Stewart, I’d be

financial hit from ending the contract with PrimeStar, I doubt they’d even apologize. From Stewart’s perspective, it’s reasonable not to want to continue working with them.”