Charlene left the office and returned to the Ross family estate, but Jasmine Henderson was nowhere to be seen.

She'd heard Jasmine had gone home to be with Thorne.

Irma's condition was still precarious, and Charlene couldn't help worrying. Over the next few days, she made it a point to visit the hospital every morning.

Sometimes, when she arrived, Thorne was there. Other times, she found Claudia and Tiffany Henderson sitting by Irma's bedside.

Claudia had never approved of Charlene as her daughter-in-law, but whenever Charlene came to check on the old lady, Claudia would still offer a polite thank you.

Tiffany wasn't fond of Charlene either. But with Thorne and Charlene's divorce now imminent, she felt there was no point in making snide remarks anymore. So, during these recent encounters, she kept her opinions to herself.

On this particular morning, when Charlene arrived at the hospital to see Irma, she found all three Henderson siblings-Tiffany, Thorne, and Terence-along with Claudia gathered in the room.

After checking in on Irma, Charlene was about to leave when Thorne stood up. "Let me walk you out."

"That's not necessary," she replied, her tone cool. Without a backward glance, she left the room.

Thorne didn't insist.

Tiffany, who had been out of town for a while and hadn't seen Charlene in ages before Irma's incident, watched her leave. Noticing how decisively Charlene walked away, showing not a trace of longing for Thorne, Tiffany turned to him and said, "Looks like she's really over you."

gave a small, wry smile, but before he

the hospital, Charlene headed straight to Henderson

go out for lunch. When the elevator doors slid open on the ground floor, they almost

didn't frequent Henderson Group often, but she'd been there enough times that most employees recognized her. After all, everyone knew she

relationship with Thorne, the staff greeted

Her steps faltered for a split second, and she clutched her purse, averting her

mustered a polite smile, nodded in acknowledgment, and slipped past Charlene and

later, she reached

there, also greeted

their greetings with

paused to knock before

in paperwork. Only

he look up,

offered him a

done yet," he

first day at Henderson Group. The rest of his time had been swallowed up by

She noticed an invitation in his hand and leaned

at the envelope.

an invitation to PrimeStar

Technologies' tenth anniversary

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