Chapter 11

He walked icily past her and into the office, his face expressionless, treating her as if she were a stranger. Previously, Charlene would have been ecstatic to hear about Thome's unexpected homecoming. No matter how chilly he appeared, she would still greet him with a happy "Good morning," even if she couldn't jump into his arms. However, Charlene only looked at his face and lowered her gaze, her expression devoid of the thrill and excitement that had filled it. However, Thorne had already left, so he was unaware of any of this. Charlene wondered when Thorne had returned as she watched his erect, self-assured form walk away.

But now that he was back, the divorce would most likely be discussed shortly, wouldn't it? Charlene didn't think about Thorne again after deciding to get a divorce. She went back to her desk and started working right away. Josh phoned thirty minutes later and said, "Make two cups of coffee and bring them to Mr. Henderson's office." Charlene had first discovered that Thorne enjoyed coffee and had worked hard to become an expert at brewing it in order to win Thorne around to her way of thinking. Her efforts were successful.

Thorne demanded that she make her own coffee after tasting it, whether she was at home or at work. She was thrilled for a long time to find out that Thorne liked her coffee. She thought that the first step to success was me. She misjudged Thorne's guardedness and lack of interest in her, though. It was true that he like her coffee, but that was all. Thorne continued to treat her in a cold and aloof manner. He would therefore ask Josh to get in touch with her anytime he needed coffee, and Josh or another person would come get it after she had made it. She never had an opportunity to approach him.

She would only get the opportunity to bring the coffee to Josh's office on rare occasions when he or the others were occupied. She was meant to deliver the coffee straight to Thorne, based on Josh's phone tone. Charlene made the coffee, put it on a tray, and carried it to Thorne's office. The door of Thorne's office was open. She was going to knock when she arrived at the doorway and noticed Vesta seated on Thorne's lap, perhaps sharing a kiss. Charlene's face became white as her steps stopped. Vesta quickly removed herself from Thorne's lap upon seeing her.

Thorne's expression darkened as he said icily, "Who allowed you to come here?" Charlene clutched the tray in her hand and said, "I came to bring you the co—" "Alright, Charlene. "Thorne's other secretary, Coy, who knew about the relationship between Thorne and Charlene, happened to show up and said, "You know, this is pointless." Coy didn't elaborate, but Charlene quickly grasped his implication; he assumed she knew Vesta was at the office and had arrived pretending to deliver coffee only to break up Thorne and Vesta's time together.

Thorne seems to assume the same thing as before based on his look; she may have done something similar. However, she was about to divorce Thorne, so how could she have done that? They did not, however, offer her an opportunity to clarify.