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 protégé

PrimeStar-would be

this,


his presence provided a small measure of relief from the anxiety that had been gnawing at her all evening.

him with a smile. "Mr. Ramirez,

Hawkins

"You're never an

himself and moved

she was eager to speak with Kenton, Thorne said, "You've been waiting a while, haven't you? Let's go over and say hello

the past,

would seize any opportunity to speak with him, ignoring Stewart's obvious dislike for her and doing. whatever she

But now...

had already become Kenton's

encounter with Kenton, he had already known exactly who

quite measure up to his

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


Charlene truly exceptional before Kenton took her

"What's wrong?"

her

"Nothing," she replied.

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

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