Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time (Charlene and Thorne)

The thought had just crossed Moran's mind to gossip about it a little more, but with Jasmine and the butler both present, she decided it wasn't the time. She snapped her mouth shut.

Thorne and Granger both had pressing matters to attend to. After checking in on Irma, Granger and Moran didn't linger long in the hospital room.

Still, it had been quite a while since any of them had shared a meal together.

As they were leaving, Moran suggested, "If you can all carve out some time, how about we get together for dinner tonight?"

Thorne and Granger both agreed in unison, "Sounds good."

Thorne spent the whole day at the hospital, buried in work. That evening, Claudia came to relieve him, so he headed to the restaurant Moran had picked out.

Jasmine had returned to the Ross family home at lunchtime, so Thorne was on his own that evening.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Granger and Moran were already there.

Vesta was the last to arrive.

She opened the door to their private dining room. Thorne glanced up first and greeted her, "You made it?"

Vesta offered a small smile. "Yeah."

As she answered, she caught sight of Granger sitting nearby.

Back when she first learned that Granger's feelings had shifted and he'd developed an interest in Charlene, Vesta had been shocked-then utterly baffled. She just couldn't see what was so special about Charlene, apart from her looks, that would make Granger fall for her.

Especially considering how much Granger used to despise Charlene for drugging Thorne and forcing that disastrous marriage. Why the sudden change of heart?

But now...

Vesta's mind replayed the scene she'd witnessed in the parking lot a few days ago, when she'd seen Charlene and Stewart together the founders of PrimeStar. Then there was CUAP, the research project Vesta had admired for so long, and it turned out Charlene haded the team. She remembered the way Charlene had called Malvina "mentor's wife"-the kind of affectionate title only a close student would use. PrimeStar was now making money hand over fist, and Charlene was right at the heart of it. All the little things she'd noticed over the past months that tied Charlene to PrimeStar suddenly clicked into place.

Now, Vesta finally understood what Granger saw in Charlene.

It also dawned on her that Granger might have known Charlene was Kenton's student all along. He probably knew about her connection to PrimeStar too.

Despite knowing all of this, he'd never breathed a word to Vesta-not once.noveldrama

She thought back to how hard she'd tried to impress him, desperate to be noticed by Kenton herself. How many times had she mentioned her admiration for the creators of CUAP, all the while not knowing the truth? Now she felt like a complete fool.

It was almost laughable.

Clutching her purse tightly, Vesta had to grit her teeth just to keep her composure, but her knuckles turned white from the force. Despite her best efforts, her eyes shimmered with the beginnings of tears tears born of humiliation.

In that moment, she realized that Granger's feelings for her had probably faded long ago. His heart had slipped away, quietly, and settled on Charlene without her ever noticing.

All of this raced through Vesta's mind in just a few seconds.

Thorne, noticing she'd frozen in place by the door, turned to her again. He was about to speak, but then he caught sight of her pale face and hesitated. "Are you okay? You look awful."

Hearing his question, both Moran and Granger looked over as well.

Vesta's hands trembled as she gripped her purse, fighting to keep her emotions in check. After a couple of seconds, she forced a smile and managed to say, "I'm fine."