Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time

Chapter 453

"I wasn't involved in the company's later development," Thorne said, his voice calm.

At that, Lean turned to Vesta, surprise flickering across his face. "Wait, Vesta, you're that talented?"

Vesta shook her head. "Not really. The credit goes to the engineers. Most of them were already with the company before I took over. If the company's doing well now, as you said, it's all thanks to Thorne. I can't really take much credit for it."

Lean grinned. "You're far too modest, Vesta."

When Lean first heard that Vesta owed her career to Thorne's generosity, he'd thought she wasn't really all that remarkable, maybe even a little mismatched for Thorne.

But listening to them now-watching the way Thorne and Vesta spoke up for each other-he started to reconsider. Maybe Thorne really saw Vesta as an expert in her field, someone even more specialized than himself when it came to Al. Perhaps he'd handed the company to her because he believed she could lead it even further than he ever could.

After all, Thorne was known for his generosity-and his humility.

It made perfect sense that he'd do something like this.

compliment and quickly shook her head. "No, really, I'm not just

the conversation shifted and they moved on to lighter topics, swapping funny stories about their

there, so there was plenty of common ground, and Vesta, ever the natural conversationalist, found it easy to connect with Lean- even though this was their first real meeting. By the end of dinner,

in town for business with his father, and he'd be

dinner, with other plans still ahead of him, Lean stood to

Vesta's hand. "Vesta, it was great meeting you. You're interesting and

with a brief smile as if wanting to say something more, but before he could, Vesta responded graciously, "You're

to spot Charlene and Stewart Ferguson walking out of the

didn't recognize Stewart or the others, but he spotted

surprised, and turned to Thorne. "That woman

?"

didn't answer.

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