Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time (Charlene and Thorne) novel Chapter 707

Laverne smiled in agreement. "It really is wonderful."

With Thorne and Vesta's relationship rapidly thawing, the atmosphere among the Hawkins and Spencer families was practically jubilant, despite the severity of Vesta's injury.

The following afternoon, Jasmine visited the hospital right after school. Thorne was still tied up with work, so his driver dropped her off.

Running into the room and seeing Vesta's pale complexion, the little girl's face crumpled with worry. "Ms. Hawkins, I saw the video! How are you feeling? Are you better? Why didn't you tell me you got hurt so badly right away?"

Vesta offered a reassuring smile. "I'm fine, sweetheart. I'm already doing much better. I didn't want to scare you, which is why I specifically told your dad to hold off on telling you."

Vesta seamlessly transitioned to asking about Jasmine's day at school, and the sterile room was soon filled with cheerful giggles.

"You know," Vesta said softly, "I just realized it's been a while since we had a good chat like this. Having you come all the way here to visit me and keep me company makes me so happy."

Hearing that sent a sharp pang of guilt through Jasmine. Ever since she had grown closer to Charlene, she had become incredibly attached to her mother, rarely taking the initiative to share her day with Vesta anymore.

...

Charlene had no idea what was transpiring between Thorne and Jasmine.

She had been buried in work for a solid week, finally catching a break when the weekend rolled around.

On Saturday, she slept in. After making herself breakfast, she suddenly noticed how painfully quiet the house felt.

Over the past two or three months, whenever she had a day off, Jasmine would either be bursting through the front doors of the Ross residence or calling her phone to chatter endlessly about everything and nothing.

Today was dead silent. No visit, no phone call.

Since Jasmine wasn't coming over, it meant she finally had the entire weekend to truly unwind.

After two days of solid rest, she returned to the office refreshed.

The massive collaboration between PrimeStar Technologies, The Henderson Group, and Andie's firm was moving forward at full steam.

However, in all the meetings that followed, she never caught a single glimpse of Thorne.

But even without seeing him in person, she knew exactly where he was. He was spending every spare moment at the hospital with Vesta.

Not just him. Jasmine was rushing there straight after school every day.

Charlene only knew all of this because someone was going out of their way to meticulously document it, bombarding her phone with photos and petty, provocative messages. Blocking the numbers was useless; the sender simply switched to a new burner phone and kept the barrage coming.