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?"

shifted from a high to a

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

like a cherished moment

aside and told Jasmine, "I'll go make

thanks, Mommy." Charlene

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

Hesitant, Charlene went upstairs.

on the second floor, she saw Thorne at the end of the hallway, on the phone by a window. "Her fever has gone down. No need to worry." he

to Vesta? Did Vesta genuinely care about

gaze and entered Jasmine's

her treatment, sweating profusely.

Charlene wanted to tend to Jasmine personally. That had always been Charlene's

too much into it,

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