But now, it was rush hour. As soon as she tried to book a ride, the app told her there were over two hundred people ahead of her in line.
Plus, it was the first day of school, and the streets were packed with parents dropping off their kids. Traffic everywhere was a mess.
Seeing this, Charlene stopped in her tracks.
Thorne noticed she wasn’t following and turned back. “What’s wrong?”
Charlene hesitated. “…Nothing.”
In the end, she got into Thorne’s car after all.
Once inside, Thorne turned as if to say something to her, but before he could speak, his phone rang.
“Sorry, I need to take this,” he said.
“Go ahead,” Charlene replied, her tone casual.
The call was clearly international—he spoke entirely in a foreign language.
From the conversation, Charlene gathered that Thorne was supposed to make a trip to Goldland soon. He told the person on the other end that he had urgent matters to handle and would be arriving a couple days later than planned.
The call went on for quite a while.
It wasn’t until the car was nearly at PrimeStar that Thorne finally hung up.
He looked as though he wanted to say something, but before he could, Charlene glanced out the window and spoke first. “Could you have the driver pull over up ahead? I’ll walk the rest of the way.”
Thorne caught her meaning. He looked at her, but didn’t argue, simply told the driver to stop as she’d asked.
The car stopped about two or three hundred meters from PrimeStar’s building.
Charlene got out. Before closing the door, she offered a polite, “Thank you.”
Thorne gave a faint smile. “No problem.”
She caught that smile, said nothing more, and walked away.
Elsewhere—
“So your mom rode in your dad’s car to school?”
“Uh-huh.”
Vesta’s smile faded further, and she fell silent.
The truth was, when Jasmine asked Charlene to take her to school on the first day, Vesta hadn’t insisted on coming too—not because she didn’t want to, but because she wanted to see whether Thorne would use the opportunity to get close to Charlene.
And, as she suspected, Thorne did just that…
So Thorne and Charlene…
The thought made Vesta clench her fist, her chest tightening.
She chatted with Jasmine for a little longer, then found an excuse to end the call.
As soon as she hung up, the smile vanished from her face.

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The readers' comments on the novel: Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time (Charlene and Thorne)
It is now mind numbing excruciating and irritating in the Chinese version where Thorne is ambiguous and now openly again intimate with Vesta, she leans and mutters sweetly holding his arm! And her clan are viciously demeaning Charlene while Thorne is within hearing distance. There is no justice no reparations for Charlene. Utter disheartening this novel is now...
Thorne must have bashed his head somewhere....
Chapters 480 and on are repeat from previous chapters. What's up with that? Time to stop reading this novel....
Thanks for the update. Keep them coming please!...
Any hope for Vesta being brain-dead?...
Thanks PINKK889 for the info. The same version is also on You tube except dubbed in English and titled “ I divorced my husband who cheated now begging me to come back” Enjoy...
Gosh, this is excruciating ! The slow pace made me leave this for over 3 months. Was just taking a peek and not much development. Btw they have now made this into a 3hr 40 min long drama.Available on daily motion under, the name, next chapter without you. But all the other fringe characters such as York Granger Gaylord are missing in the movie. Ending is very satisfying, practical and apt. She chooses to leave thorne and jasmine and be with Stewart. Vesta and family are inter national wanted Criminals. Not sure if they replicate the same on here. As this book is now on the app for more than 9 months, have a feeling it'll be another 6 to 9 months before this is completed!...
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...