Chapter 815

But he quickly convinced himself that Stewart was just putting on a brave front.

He scoffed, pointing at the massive screen behind him. “Oh? Is that so? Then what exactly are your thoughts on all of this, Mr. Ferguson? I’m genuinely curious.”

Even someone as worldly and experienced as Dr. Lucas was completely stunned. He had never imagined a secret relationship existed between Charlene and Thorne. He watched the group standing below the stage with wide eyes.

He wasn’t the only one. Everyone in the venue, including Dalton Ramirez and Kelvin Scott, had their eyes glued to Stewart.

Kelvin stared unblinkingly at Stewart, terrified of missing the explosive climax.

Dalton had carefully observed Vesta’s devastated, disbelieving reaction to the photos.

Right now, however, his gaze was ice-cold.

When he first sent those photos to Stewart, the man hadn’t reacted at all. Dalton wanted to see how he was going to spin this mess now.

He also wanted to know exactly what kind of manipulative lies Charlene had spun to keep Stewart blindly loyal in the face of hard evidence!

Under the heavy scrutiny of the crowd, the amusement in Stewart’s eyes only deepened. He looked at Raleigh and said, “My thoughts? Ha. Mr. Shaw, that’s actually a pretty ridiculous question. A married couple—”

Before Stewart could finish his sentence, Jasmine Henderson suddenly darted toward Thorne. “Dad!”

With that cheerful shout, she launched herself into Thorne’s arms.

Seeing his daughter appear out of nowhere, Thorne handed his glass to a bystander and scooped her up.

The crowd, which had been hanging onto Stewart’s every word in dead silence, froze at the sudden sound of a child’s voice.

All attention abruptly pivoted toward Jasmine.

Just as everyone wondered who on earth brought a kid to this kind of gala, they saw the little girl hugging Thorne.

Many people knew Thorne had a daughter.

Someone quickly connected the dots. “Is that Mr. Henderson’s daughter?”

“It must be.”

York Watson, Gaylord Hearst, Granger Harden, Moran Albright, and Dalton all spotted Jasmine.

Realizing that the girl calling for her dad was Thorne’s daughter, York and Gaylord both paused, glancing, toward Thome at the exact same time.

Dalton and Kelvin were equally taken aback.

“What’s going on?” Kelvin muttered. “Why is Thorne’s daughter here? Is Stewart going to finish what he was saying or what?”

Dalton frowned deeply.

The rest of the audience felt a surge of impatient frustration.

Everyone worried that the sudden appearance of the child would stop Stewart from dropping the rest of the bombshell.

After all, it was wildly inappropriate to expose a man’s illicit affair right in front of his young daughter.

Raleigh shared the crowd’s exact thought process.

His expression darkened as he glared at Thorne.

He was convinced Thorne orchestrated this interruption.

Thorne clearly wanted to avoid

public/explaining his relationship

with Charlene, so he used his own child as a human shield .net>

Just as Thorne was lifting her, Jasmine caught sight of Vesta.

She was about to call out to her when she spotted Charlene standing just a few feet away.

Her face lit up with pure joy. Wiggling out of Thorne’s grasp, she sprinted straight toward Charlene. “Mom!”

The entire ballroom had been laser-focused on Thorne and the little girl.

Hearing her suddenly yell “Mom” sent a collective shockwave through the room, paralyzing Raleigh, Dalton, and Kelvin.

Dalton and Kelvin knew that Vesta supposedly had a great relationship with Thorne’s daughter.

They assumed Jasmine was calling Vesta. The rest of the crowd was frantically trying to figure out who the girl was yelling for-until

watched Jasmine complet theme

bypass vesta and dive headfirst inte Charlene’s arms.

“Mom!”