PopularNovelChapter 409 After dinner, Jasmine followed Charlene back to the Ross family's place.
That night, her phone buzzed. It was Darius.
"Hey," he said, "how about you and Stewart joinfor a round of golf tomorrow morning?" Charlene agreed without thinking much about it. But when Darius texted her the address, she paused.
The course he picked just happened to belong to the Henderson family.
She'd been there before.
But she'd already said yes, so it was too late to back out.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtOn Saturday, Charlene got up early, grabbed scoffee and a bagel on her way out, and drove to the club with Stewart.
When they arrived, Darius was already there with Abelard Ramirez and Hickey Watson, both guys she'd met at previous get-togethers.
Darius grinned when he saw them. "Hey, you made it!" "Yep," Charlene replied, smiling.
"Ever played golf before?" Darius asked, tossing her a club.
"I've taken a few lessons," she said, "I know the basics." They made small talk as they played, trading stories between swings.
After a while, as Charlene was lining up a shot, she noticed two people walking over from the other side of the green.
It was Thorne and Vesta.
Usually, whenever Thorne and Vesta were around, they'd have Granger and Moran with them too. But today, it was just the two of them.
They'd heard from one of the club staff that Darius was there, so they'd cover to say hi. Vesta didn't expect to see Charlene and Stewart as well.
Thorne nodded at Darius. "Morning, Mr. Darius." Darius knew Thorne pretty well-they'd worked together here and there, and Darius was also close with Lloyd Henderson, though Lloyd had been out of town for a while now.
"Thorne! Didn't expect to see you here so early," Darius said with a friendly chuckle.
"Just needed to stretch my legs," Thorne said.
Abelard and Hickey both knew the Hendersons owned this club. They sometimes played here too, but rarely ran into Thorne. Funny how today, with Charlene in the mix, their paths crossed.
Everyone knew there was a bit of history between Charlene and Thorne. But since Charlene didn't seem bothered, Abelard and Hickey relaxed.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmStewart, though, looked less than thrilled.
While Thorne and Darius chatted, Charlene and Stewart kept quiet.
Thorne made a point to greet Stewart, but Stewart just mumbled a half-hearted reply.
Darius, trying to keep things light, asked, "So, how's the partnership between PrimeStar and Henderson Tech going?" Stewart shrugged, not hiding his annoyance. "It's early days. Still figuring each other out."
Thorne smiled, his tone easy. "I thought things were going pretty smoothly. If there's anything the Henderson Group isn't doing right, I hope you'll letknow, Mr.O Ferguson."
Stewart shot him a look. "No complaints about the rest of your team. But Mr. Henderson tends to let his personal feelings interfere at work. That's been a bit of a problem for us. I think you know what mean, right?" Thorne just nodded, not rising to the bait. Vesta said nothing, but her eyes flicked between them, clearly aware of the tension.
Stewart didn't want to drag their personal out in front of everyone, especially not with Darius watching. "Let's not talk business today," he said. "We can set up a meeting for that." "Of course," Thorne agreed.
Darius could sense things were a little strained, but since no one switchedinti im wanted to get into it he smoothly switched the subject, and the group moved on, letting the matter drop for now.
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