Chapter 795
Once the hopeful father and daughter walked away, Kelvin patted Dalton on the
chest and teased, “That girl’s looks and personality seemed right up your alley. Are you sure you won’t even consider it?”
Dalton frowned. “Stay out of it.”
Kelvin genuinely cared about his friend. He cast a quick glance toward Vesta and Thorne, then lowered his voice. “You can’t keep doing this. Even though Thorne is having an affair… he still treats Ms. Hawkins pretty well overall. They probably won’t break up anytime soon. Are you just going to wait in silence until the day they finally call it quits?”
Dalton shifted his gaze to Vesta as well. Pulling his eyes away, he said flatly, “I’m not waiting.”
Kelvin stared at him blankly.
He called bullshit on that.
If Vesta and Thorne actually split up, his buddy would undoubtedly be the very first in line to make a move.
Kelvin pressed on, “Why don’t you just tell her about Thorne’s affair outright? Even if you don’t want to do it face-to-face, you could just anonymously send those photos to her inbox. How she handles the fallout would be entirely up to her.
Besides, I feel like a woman like Vesta would dump him immediately once she found out about his betrayal. Then, your window of opportunity would finally swing wide open, right?”
Dalton remained silent.
The more Kelvin talked, the more convinced he became of his own brilliance. Excitement lacing his voice, he turned to York. “York, doesn’t that make perfect sense?”
York’s eyes had been glued to Charlene the entire time.
Hearing his name, he finally looked away and gave a slow nod.
Putting everything else aside, exposing Thorne’s infidelity to Vesta wasn’t exactly a terrible idea.
In truth, the thought had crossed Dalton’s mind a long time ago.
The only reason he hadn’t pulled the trigger was his belief that Vesta was deeply in love with Thorne. If he dropped that kind of bombshell on her abruptly, he feared she wouldn’t be able to handle the devastation.
Particularly because Thorne’s affair was with none other than Charlene.
But then again, if Vesta knew…
Knowing exactly what was going through Dalton’s head, Kelvin sighed. “Better to rip the band-aid off now than let it drag out. Even if she eventually finds out you sem the photos, and ever if she realizes you did it to swoop in while she was vulnerable, the blame stifbfalls entirely on Thorne. He’s the one who messed around. No one can fault you for that, right?”
Dalton nodded slowly. “I know.”
Kelvin dropped the subject, but his attention soon shifted.
Having addressed Dalton’s dilemma, he zeroed in on York. “York, enough about Dalton. What about you? What’s going on on your end? Has… has she finalized her divorce yet?”
He had been hearing for a while that York had fallen for someone, but York refused
to drop a single hint about the mystery woman’s identity.
His two childhood best friends were incredibly handsome, came from obscenely wealthy backgrounds, and possessed top-tier talent. They
by both their
were constantly adores
elders and the opposite sex.
He never could have dreamed that their romantic lives would be such absolute trainwrecks.
One was hopelessly pining after another man’s girlfriend, while the other was tragically hung up on a married woman.
Whenever he thought about it, the sheer absurdity of it felt entirely surreal.
For the past six months, the
moment York stepped off the Base
for a break, his first call was always, to Stewart Therefore, he knew that, as of right now, Charlene was still legally bound to her husband.
At the thought of it, York cast a quiet glance toward Charlene and replied softly, “No,
she hasn’t.”
Kelvin stared in stunned silence.
Hearing this, Dalton snapped out of his own brooding thoughts.
Surprise etched itself across his face. “Didn’t you say it was supposed to happen soon? How is she still married?”
“Exactly,” Kelvin couldn’t help but add. “It’s… it’s been dragging on forever. You don’t think they’ve called off the divorce, do you?”