Hearing this, her outstretched hand froze in midair. She turned to look at Wendy Quinn, her expression complicated. "Say that again."
"I said... a few days ago, news broke that Jasper Hawthorne and Wanda Thorne have divorced. There were rumors of discord before, but it was confirmed a few days ago. They've officially completed the divorce proceedings... And Jasper walked away with nothing. He gave all the real estate under his name to Wanda. Aside from the company he built from scratch, he didn't take a single thing." Wendy spoke with indignation, or rather, excitement. She sounded almost impassioned.
Shalma Hughes felt as if her brain had stopped working. She remembered that day... when she was injured, he was the one who took her to the hospital. Did he make a special trip to Aethelgard that day just to find her? She also remembered that he had said a lot...
