Chapter 536

But now, it was rush hour. As soon as she tried to book a ride, the app told her there were over two hundred people ahead of her in line.

Plus, it was the first day of school, and the streets were packed with parents dropping off their kids. Traffic everywhere was a mess.

Seeing this, Charlene stopped in her tracks.

Thorne noticed she wasn't following and turned back. "What's wrong?"

Charlene hesitated. "...Nothing."

In the end, she got into Thorne's car after all.

Once inside, Thorne turned as if to say something to her, but before he could speak, his phone rang.

"Sorry, I need to take this," he said.

"Go ahead," Charlene replied, her tone casual.

The call was clearly international-he spoke entirely in a foreign language.

Goldland soon. He told the person on the other end that he had urgent matters to handle and would be arriving a couple days later than

on

the car was nearly at PrimeStar that Thorne finally hung

to say something, but before he could, Charlene glanced out the window and spoke first.


meaning. He looked at her, but didn't argue, simply told

building. Charlene got out. Before closing the door, she offered a polite, "Thank you." Thorne gave a faint smile. "No

said nothing more, and walked

Elsewhere—

after Thorne and Charlene left the school, Jasmine's smartwatch

It was Vesta calling.

was in high spirits that morning. Seeing the caller ID, Sally called out cheerfully, "Ms.

and

"She did, she did!"

"First day of school, and Minnie's

Vesta finally got to the real reason for her call. "By the way Minnie, did your

"He did!"

a little. "I thought since your mom


wouldn't need to

dinner last night, when I was getting my things ready to go to my great-grandmother's, Dad suddenly

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