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?"

doctor's words. "It's shifted from a high to a low fever, but

while Jasmine snuggled into his arms, unwilling to leave. But she frowned,

it to Charlene. She caught it reflexively, holding it close until

the past, holding his jacket would have felt like a cherished moment of

casually placed the jacket aside and told Jasmine, "I'll go

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

starting the soup, Charlene began preparing other ingredients. Twenty minutes

Hesitant, Charlene went upstairs.

the second floor, she saw Thorne at the end of the hallway, on the phone

he talking to Vesta? Did Vesta genuinely care about

her gaze and entered Jasmine's

treatment, sweating profusely. Latonia was

tend to Jasmine personally. That

too much into it, quietly helping

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