Before Dalton could even finish his sentence, Abelard cut him off, "Are you trying to say that Stewart sided with Charlene again and gave Ms. Hawkins a hard time?"
Dalton was genuinely taken aback by Abelard's spot-on guess. "How did you know, old man? Do you already know what went down?"
Abelard chuckled, "I didn't know. Just a lucky guess."
The thing was, if Charlene and Stewart had initially agreed to work with his somewhat clueless son because of him, they wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for him at work without reason. His son wasn't the type to stir up trouble either, which meant that any conflict probably wasn't directly between Dalton and them.
It seemed more likely that someone Dalton cared about had run into issues with Charlene and Stewart. And that someone was probably Vesta.
Earlier that year, when he met up with Geoffrey, Charlene, and the gang for dinner, they happened to bump into Ms. Hawkins at the restaurant entrance. Abelard had noticed how attentive Dalton was to her, and given her poise and charm, he had approved.
That was until Hickey Watson informed him that Ms. Hawkins was actually Thorne Henderson's girlfriend. Abelard wasn't privy to the intricacies of Charlene and Thorne's relationship, but he did notice the odd expressions Charlene and Stewart had when they saw Vesta and her father. Clearly, there was no love lost there.
Charlene didn't seem like the type to pick fights easily, so if there was tension with his son, it likely had something to do with Vesta.
With that hunch, Abelard had called Dalton to confirm. And sure enough, it was all because of Vesta that there was any discord.
Dalton believed that Charlene was intimidated by Vesta's talent, fearing Stewart might develop feelings for her, so she deliberately targeted Vesta. Stewart, according to Dalton, was just blindly supporting Charlene, which nearly made Abelard laugh out of disbelief.
"So, what’s your plan?" Abelard questioned with a bemused grin. "You want me to call Kenton and fill him in so he can rein Stewart in?"
"Exactly," Dalton replied. "Stewart's behavior this time is just too out of line. If this keeps up—"
Abelard interrupted him. He had no intention of revealing the truth. "I can't do that for you. If you want to help Ms. Hawkins, you'll have to get in touch with Kenton yourself."
"Besides, this shows that Ms. Hawkins and her family have poor judgment and don't respect their business partners. If they weren't worried about the financial hit from ending the contract with PrimeStar, I doubt they'd even apologize. From Stewart's perspective, it's reasonable not to want to continue working with them."
Dalton quickly defended Vesta, "No, they apologized to PrimeStar's employees right away. And she even called Stewart personally to apologize, showing a lot of sincerity."
Dalton believed that if it weren't for the bad blood between Charlene and Vesta, Stewart wouldn't even consider terminating the contract with Neural Nexus Tech over something so minor.
"Those are just surface gestures," Abelard said curtly. "Ms. Hawkins is already in a relationship. When I brought this up before, you said you understood. Initially, I thought she was impressive, but her handling of this makes me question her character. Honestly, son, you and Thorne both have questionable taste."
Dalton hadn't expected Abelard to say that. He wanted to argue Vesta's case, to show Abelard just how remarkable she was, but Abelard cut him off again. "Look, if you want to help her, I won't stop you. But don't expect me to get involved."
With that, Abelard ended the call.
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The readers' comments on the novel: Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time (Charlene and Thorne)
Stewart and Charlene will the best match, both power players!...
Can't wait to read where Charlene will start another relationship... God for is she gets back with Thorne... She needs to be with York or Gaylord (to annoy vesta) or granger (to annoy Thorne)...
I know its ur story and u obviously have ur own plot line and all and have every right to build the story as u like but what writer provide isnt just entertainment, but they shape the narrative of young minds. So I would say that romanticing cheating is, or rather THORNE'S behaviour, wrong for all the reasons..give york a chance ..that will be way more satisfying...again all of this is just my point of view but if charlene and thorne get back together, its not the story im looking for...
Hey...please dont ever make Charlene and thorne get back together no matter what...he simply doesn't deserve it....no matter the reason or plot twist behind the way he treated his legally wedded wife....whether he actually slept with vesta or not....just his emotional cheating...not repecting his spouse....not caring enough to actually get to know the person his wife was....and actually distancing his child from her mother and encouraging her to bond with the mistress are all the biggest RED FLAGS... when a person enters a contract....he must uphold it no questions asked...its not like if ur partner isnt good enough, ur allowed to cheat..allowed to let a 3rd person in-between....if ur not satisfied with ur partner then u can get a divorce...whats the point of all the wealth, power and brilliance of mind when the ML cant even get his head around this simple fact...So, its fine it he regrets, but charlene shouldn't be with him in any case.....
Enough already. This novel is dragging slowly. Updated with 2 chapters only. REALLY!!! Whoever the author or authors of this novel why is there a delay in penning more chapters? Here’s my question. In reading the comments from others does their opinions matters and/or make a difference? Are comments being monitored? Or is it only a tool allowing readers to blow off steam?...
Long wait to just get an upload of a couple of chapters. Very little progress in the story if any at all! For heaven's sake the story is 453 chapters so far with nothing or little change from where the story began! Show commitment to us your readers and followers please!...
Hi..its my 1st ever time commenting on any story. But seriously....i dont mean to come as rude but are u seriously thinking about the stroy or losing ur grip on the plot and characters...not updating...no story development...no commitment towards ur readers...u just uploaded 2 chapters after god know how long and still nothing to give to the story..if u dont want to write or simply cant then please dont...
The updates are so slow that I forgot the story for some time and just remembered it and read 20 chapters. The chapters are short and the story development is like a snail. 451 chapters and Charlene still couldn't break her image in other's eyes or dealth some serious damage to Vesta and her trash father....
It would be better to say right away that there are 10 chap/month...
Just give us updates already...