Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time

Chapter 410

Darius looked over at Thorne with a grin. "Hey, since you're here, why don't you stick around and join the fun for a bit?"

Thorne shrugged, smiling. "Sure, why not?"

After a bit of small talk between them, Darius turned back to Hickey, Stewart, and the rest. "Now, where were we before?"

Stewart picked up the thread. "We were just discussing what we should do if we catch a foreign probe wandering into our airspace. What's the best way to handle that?"

Vesta, overhearing, started thinking it over herself.

Darius chuckled and turned to Charlene. "What about you? Any thoughts, Charlene?"

Stewart and Charlene hadn't had a chance to weigh in before Thorne and Vesta had arrived. Now, with Darius prompting, both of them fell silent for a moment.

Vesta's attention drifted. Darius sure sounded friendly when he said Charlene's name. And the way he looked at her-there was a genuine warmth there, maybe even a hint of admiration. Vesta frowned, feeling a little unsettled.

probe's controls, just

finished, Darius and

sudden realization,

didn't say whether it was good or bad. He just asked gently, "That confident in your tech

"Shouldn't

cheap, but when someone can actually

nodded in

to keep good relations with everyone. If someone else's probe whether they meant it or not ends up in

this way is kind of a flex. If we can hack their probe without them even noticing, it says a

out, they'll probably be pissed-maybe even a little

to Darius and the others talk shop, it finally

even considered

felt her cheeks grow warm. Was Charlene really up to the challenge, or was this just bravado? Maybe she was starting

then, she caught Thorne glancing at Charlene with a hint of a smile, like he