Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time (Charlene and Thorne) novel Chapter 742

Charlene was about to reply when Minnie skipped out of the restroom. "Mommy, Great-Grandma, I'm done!"

Interrupted by the little girl, Charlene and Irma dropped the subject. They hopped onto a sightseeing cart and headed down the mountain.

By that afternoon, the news of Charlene and Thorne agreeing to Irma's requested divorce delay reached Vesta, Moran, and Granger.

Upon hearing the update, Moran tagged Thorne in their group chat: [Your divorce is a literal rollercoaster... actually, wait, no. We've completely lost count of the twists and turns at this point.]

Vesta and Granger saw the message but didn't reply.

Thorne had already delivered the news to Vesta privately.

Now, staring at the message in the group chat, her grip on her phone slowly tightened.

She had assumed that, given the favors Thorne owed Charlene and Helena recently, he might not sprint to the courthouse immediately. But she thought they would at least finalize it once Lloyd was discharged and recovering at home.

That way, Thorne and Charlene could have legally severed ties before the mandatory waiting period expired.

But with Irma's decree, Thorne and Charlene were definitely not signing the papers before this deadline.

Which meant they would have to suffer through an entirely new cooling-off period before the divorce could go through.

Moran was surprised when he first heard the news, but he also knew exactly how perilous Lloyd's brush with death had been. He had seen firsthand how drastically Irma had aged over the past week.

So, while he joked about the endlessly delayed divorce in the chat, he completely understood Irma's reasoning and why Thorne had agreed to it.

Still...

When no one replied to his message, he didn't take it personally. He was always the chattiest one in the group anyway.

A thought struck him, and he tagged Thorne again: [I get why you agreed, but I'm shocked Charlene went along with it... I mean, she and Stewart seem so close right now. I figured they'd both be dying for her to cut ties with you.]

As soon as he hit send, he paused.

Moran saw the text and agreed instantly.

Granger's reply followed seconds later: [Sure.]

Seeing him pop up, Moran immediately tagged him: [So you've been lurking this whole time, Granger? You were so quiet I figured you were buried in work.]

Staring at Moran's text, Granger felt his mind drift.

Every time Thorne and Charlene's divorce stalled, Moran would either sigh about it in the group chat or mock the situation when they hung out.

And every time, Granger stayed completely silent.

He always thought of himself as a patient man. He was willing to bide his time.

But over the past year, he had waited and waited, time and time again. This time, he really thought they were finally going to sign the papers. He never expected this...