Stewart was at a loss for words, but Jasmine looked at him and said, “I feel like I’ve heard Stewart’s voice somewhere before…” During Christmas, Charlene had put him on

speakerphone for hours while discussing some business, Jasmine had been there too.

Of course, she found his voice familiar.

But Stewart didn’t say that out loud. He just chuckled and said, “Really?”

Jasmine nodded. “Yeah.”

Stewart shrugged. “Maybe my voice is just pretty common.”

Thorne overheard the conversation and touched his nose, chuckling to himself.

Stewart was perplexed. What was so funny?

As more guests arrived, the Henderson family had to attend to other people, so Stewart and his group tactfully moved on.

There had been rumors floating around their social circles that Thorne was already married with children. But no one really knew if it was true or not.

As the guests kept coming, they were surprised to see a little girl who looked remarkably like Thorne, holding his hand and calling him “Daddy.” Only then did they realize that Thorne indeed had a child.

Whether Thorne was truly married or perhaps even divorced was still a mystery, as the Hendersons didn’t volunteer any information and no one dared to pry.

Dalton had met Jasmine before.

He’d just never mentioned it to anyone.

So when his close friend, Kelvin Scott, saw Jasmine, he was taken aback and couldn’t help but exclaim, “Wow, Thorne is actually married and has a kid this big already! Does this mean Vesta will be a stepmom? With Vesta being such a catch, being a stepmom is kind of- Kelvin was about to say that Vesta was settling, but when he considered the disparity between the Hawkins and Henderson families and Thorne’s own merits, he quickly shut his mouth.

Sure, marrying a divorced man with a kid might be a step down for someone like Vesta, but given Thorne’s

standing, even with a past marriage and a child, Vesta would still be marrying up.

Besides, Thorne had a daughter, not a son.

A daughter wouldn’t inherit.

Vesta just needed to give Thorne a son, and everything would be set.

So whether Thorne had been married before or not really didn’t matter to Vesta!

Meanwhile, another guest approached Darleen, saying, “Stewart, is still so young, and PrimeStar is doing so well. Darleen, your Stewart is truly remarkable.”

Hearing praise for Stewart, Darleen beamed but remained humble, saying, “Oh, it’s just luck.”

This led someone to bring up Charlene, saying, “Stewart isn’t getting any younger, right? I hear he and Ms. Ross from his company get along well. Any chance we’ll hear wedding bells soon?”

Stewart and Charlene weren’t in that kind of relationship.

But Darleen didn’t clarify, simply smiling and saying, “Well, that’s up to them to decide.”

To anyone listening, it sounded like Darleen was ready to start planning the wedding the moment Charlene and Stewart made up their minds.

Granger and Moran were present at Irma’s birthday party as well.

They weren’t far from Darleen and overheard the conversation about Charlene.

Even though Charlene and Stewart had been close for the past six months, Moran never thought Charlene would actually marry into the Ferguson family.

After all, with PrimeStar’s success, a

man like Stewart, with his

background and skills, could have his pick of women. Why would

choose Charlene, who had bee

married before, had a child, came from a modest background, and didn’t have any outstanding abilities?

But listening to Darleen, it seemed she was open to Charlene joining the family.

Moran looked at Granger in shock. “Is the Ferguson family out of their mind?”