Chapter 741

Charlene was about to reply when Minnie skipped out of the restroom. “Mommy, Great-Grandma, I’m done p>

Interrupted by the little girl, Charlene and Irma dropped the subject. They hopped onto a sightseeing cart and headed down the mountain.

By that afternoon, the news of Charlene and Thorne agreeing to Irma’s requested divorce delay reached Vesta, Moran, and Granger.

Upon hearing the update, Moran tagged Thorne in their group chat: [Your divorce is a literal rollercoaster… actually, wait, no. We’ve completely lost count of the twists and turns at this point p>

Vesta and Granger saw the message but didn’t reply.

Thorne had already delivered the news to Vesta privately.

Now, staring at the message in the group chat, her grip on her phone slowly tightened.

She had assumed that, given the favors Thorne owed Charlene and Helena recently, he might not sprint to the courthouse immediately. But she thought they would at least finalize it once Lloyd was discharged and recovering at home.

That way, Thorne and Charlene could have legally severed ties before the mandatory waiting period expired.

But with Irma’s decree, Thorne and Charlene were definitely not signing the papers before this deadline.

Which meant they would have to suffer through an entirely new cooling-off period before the divorce could go through.

Moran was surprised when he first heard the news, but he also knew exactly how perilous Lloyd’s brush with death had been. He had seen firsthand how drastically Irma had aged over the past week.

So, while he joked about the endlessly delayed divorce in the chat, he completely understood Irma’s reasoning and why Thorne had agreed to it.

Still p>

When no one replied to his message, he didn’t take it personally. He was always the chattiest one in the group anyway.

A thought struck him, and he tagged Thorne again: [I get why you agreed, but I’m shocked Charlene went along with it… I mean, she and Stewart seem so close right now. I figured they’d both be dying for her to cut ties with you p>

As soon as he hit send, he paused.

Suddenly, it made perfect sense why Charlene had agreed to Irma’s plea.

The last time he saw Charlene at the hospital, he could tell her concern for the old lady was absolutely genuine.

So, even if she wanted nothing more than to drop Thorne and officially date Stewart, she probably couldn’t bring herself to break Irma’s heart.

However, since Vesta was lurking in the chat, he kept that deduction to himself.

Saying all that would essentially be singing Charlene’s praises.

Still, the chat remained dead silent.

Moran: [Are you all really that busy p>

Finally, Thorne surfaced.

Ignoring Moran’s essays entirely, he tagged Moran and Granger: [My father’s condition is finally stable. I know t put you guys through a lot. ately. Are you free later? Let grab dinner p>

Moran saw the text and agreed instantly.

Granger’s reply followed seconds later: [Sure p>

Seeing him pop up, Moran

immediately tagged him: [So you’ve been lurking this whole time,

Granger? You were so quiet figured buried in work p>

You

Staring at Moran’s text, Granger felt his mind drift.

Every time Thorne and Charlene’s divorce stalled, Moran would either sigh about it

in the group chat or mock the situation when they hung out.

And every time, Granger stayed completely silent.

He always thought of himself as a patient man. He was willing to bide his time.

But over the past year, he had

waited and waited, time and time again. This time, he really thought they were finally going to sign the papers. He never expected this p>