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."

smile, but before he

Charlene headed straight to Henderson Group

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

frequent Henderson Group often, but she'd been there enough times that most employees recognized her. After all, everyone knew

with Thorne, the

a split second, and she clutched her purse, averting

nodded in acknowledgment, and slipped past Charlene and the others

moment later, she reached the

and Coy, waiting there, also greeted her

greetings with a gentle

paused to knock

buried in

in did he look up,

a genuine

done yet," he

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

moving closer. She noticed an invitation in his hand and

glanced at the envelope.

an invitation to PrimeStar

Technologies' tenth anniversary

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