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.

take over the probe's controls, just to prove we

Darius and Abelard

realization,

whether it was good or bad. He just asked gently, "That

hesitated, then shrugged. "Shouldn't be too hard,

grinned. "Talk is cheap, but when someone can actually

nodded in agreement.

country's always preferred to keep things neighborly," he went on. "We try to keep good relations with everyone. If someone else's probe whether they meant it or not ends up in our backyard well, it's only fair to

their probe without them even noticing, it says a lot. It means we're way

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

as she listened to Darius and the others talk shop, it finally clicked. Charlene's approach wasn't just polite-it was

never even considered

really up to the challenge, or was this just bravado? Maybe she was starting to believe the hype from all the glowing reviews of her

at Charlene with a hint of a