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 low fever, but it's still unstable.

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

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

felt like a cherished moment of happiness she wouldn't

jacket aside and told Jasmine,

a bit. Hearing about the soup, she obediently nodded, "Okay, thanks, Mommy." Charlene smiled and left

preparing other ingredients. Twenty minutes later,

Hesitant, Charlene went upstairs.

a corner on the second floor, she saw Thorne at the end of the hallway, on the phone by a window. "Her fever has gone

Vesta? Did Vesta genuinely care

her gaze and

after her treatment, sweating profusely. Latonia was gently wiping

moved aside and offered her the towel, assuming Charlene wanted to tend to Jasmine personally. That had always been Charlene's way. With anything concerning Jasmine and Thorne, she was hands-on.

but didn't read too much into it, quietly helping Jasmine change into

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