Divorce Time 47

Chapter 47

Footsteps echoed from outside. Thome was back.

"Daddy!"

"Hmm." Thorne entered and went to the bedside.

Seeing him, Charlene tried to put Jasmine down to make room for Thorne, but Jasmine clung to her, reaching out for her dad.

Thorne came closer and lifted Jasmine into his arms.

Holding Jasmine close, Charlene could catch the familiar scent of his cologne. But mingled with that familiar smell was a light whiff of women's perfume. She had caught a whiff of this on Vesta at the dinner bash earlier. Charlene turned away, rising to put some distance between them, stopping when the scents faded.

Adorned with a sleek watch, Thorne gently touched Jasmine's forehead with his wrist before he looked at Charlene. "How's her fever? Did it go down a bit?"

high to a low

Thome sat beside Jasmine on the bed while Jasmine snuggled into his arms, unwilling to leave. But she frowned, "Daddy, your jacket is

off his jacket and handed it to Charlene. She caught it reflexively, holding it close until the mixed perfumes hit

a cherished moment of happiness she wouldn't want to let

placed the jacket aside and

Jasmine seemed to perk up a bit. Hearing about the soup, she obediently nodded, "Okay, thanks, Mommy." Charlene smiled and left Jasmine's room. Upon watching her leave, Thorne's gaze fell on the suit jacket she'd left on

other ingredients. Twenty minutes later, she emerged from the kitchen with

Hesitant, Charlene went upstairs.

at the end of the hallway, on the phone by a window. "Her fever has

to Vesta? Did

withdrew her gaze and entered Jasmine's

had fallen asleep after her treatment, sweating profusely. Latonia was gently wiping her

aside and offered her the towel, assuming Charlene wanted to tend to Jasmine personally.

read too much into it, quietly

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