Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time

Chapter 543

"Ms. Hawkins."

As Dalton approached, Vesta offered him a polite, reserved smile. "Mr. Ramirez."

Dalton glanced around before asking, "Why are you here on your own? Where's Mr. Henderson?"

Vesta gestured in a direction across the room. "Thorne's over there, talking business."

Dalton followed her gaze, but his attention soon drifted back to her face. After a brief hesitation, he couldn't keep his curiosity in check. "You don't look like you're having a good evening, Ms. Hawkins. Did something happen?"

Vesta's smile faltered.

Noticing her change in demeanor, Dalton pressed on. "Is it because of Charlene?"

Before Vesta could respond, Dalton cast a frosty glance across the room in Charlene's direction. "Someone like her, managing to get ahead the way she does -sometimes I think the world really isn't fair. Even Mr. Kenton and his wife seem quite taken with her."

Vesta truly wasn't in the best of moods tonight.

And yes, it did have something to do with Charlene.

But not for the reasons Dalton assumed.

that Charlene's dual identity-as Kenton's

of PrimeStar-would be revealed at

been tightly wound over this, and now,

realized he'd completely misread the situation. Still, she didn't feel the need to correct him. In fact, his presence provided a small measure of relief from the anxiety that had been gnawing at her all evening. At that moment, Thorne

smile. "Mr. Ramirez, I didn't expect to see you

with Ms. Hawkins for a bit. Since you

"You're never an intrusion, Mr.

Dalton excused himself and

a while, haven't you? Let's go over and say hello to Mr. Kenton

past,

to speak with him, ignoring Stewart's obvious

But now...

had already become Kenton's

Kenton, he had already

told her she didn't quite measure up to his

But when he looked at her back then, was he really

exceptional before Kenton took her under

"What's wrong?"

her thoughts when she fell

"Nothing," she replied.

Thorne to suspect anything was amiss, she composed herself and walked with him toward Kenton