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.

was anxious that Charlene's dual identity-as Kenton's

PrimeStar-would be

been tightly wound over this,


him. In fact, his presence provided a small

greeted him with a smile.

came over to chat with Ms. Hawkins for a bit. Since you

replied politely, "You're never an

Dalton excused himself

to speak with Kenton, Thorne said, "You've been waiting a

the past,

would seize any opportunity to speak with him, ignoring Stewart's

But now...

had already become Kenton's

very first encounter with Kenton, he had

once told her she didn't quite measure up to his standards for a

when he looked at her back then,


was Charlene truly exceptional before Kenton

"What's wrong?"

cut through her thoughts when

"Nothing," she replied.

not wanting Thorne to suspect anything was amiss, she composed herself and walked with him toward Kenton and

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