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.

He told the person on the other

on for quite a

car was nearly at

the window and spoke


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

car stopped about two or three hundred meters from PrimeStar's building. Charlene got out. Before closing the door, she offered a polite, "Thank you." Thorne gave a faint smile. "No

smile, said nothing more, and

Elsewhere—

long after Thorne and Charlene left the school,

It was Vesta calling.

in high spirits that morning. Seeing the caller ID, Sally called

warm and

"She did, she did!"

happy tone. "First day

finally got to the real reason for her call. "By

"He did!"

faded a little. "I thought


dad wouldn't

Jasmine replied. "But after dinner last night, when I was getting my things ready to go to my great-grandmother's, Dad suddenly said he wanted to take

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