Secret Marriage: The CEO's Pampered Wife

Chapter 173: Chapter 165: Broke Up Before Going to Akashima (4)

"Lynn, I’m a little tired today. Can we talk tomorrow?"

"...Okay. You should get some rest." Lynn Thorne hung up reluctantly, clearly having much more she wanted to say.

Georgia Thorne wasn’t in a good state of mind. Listening would only make her feel worse. She just wanted to burrow under the covers and sleep it all away.

The next day, Georgia Thorne was still asleep when she was woken by a POUNDING on the door.

Georgia Thorne opened the door, and Nancy Hughes rushed in, phone in hand. "Georgia, I think your family’s company is going bankrupt!"

Georgia Thorne already had a headache, and hearing Nancy Hughes’s words only made it worse.

Yet she didn’t seem agitated at all. With a cool expression, she replied, "I know."

Bankruptcy was no small matter, yet she brushed it off so simply.

Nancy Hughes suddenly recalled Georgia Thorne leaving yesterday. ’She must have found out then.’

"I saw on the news that your family’s collapse was sudden. What happened?"

"My dad invested all his money into a single project, but the person in charge ran off with the funds. The company’s cash flow dried up, and it turned into a huge mess," Georgia Thorne said listlessly.

Business is a battlefield. The Thorne Family’s sudden downfall was directly related to Jared Thorne’s greed.

If he hadn’t thrown all his money in, they wouldn’t have ended up in this situation.

’And now he wants to use me to solve it? Not a chance!’

After resigning from her job, Georgia Thorne rested at home, completely unplugged.

After two days of rest, she went back to school with Nancy Hughes.

They didn’t just have to submit their design drafts; they also had to take their graduation photos.

Besides Nancy Hughes, few other classmates worked in Portmire. Most had chosen to go elsewhere.

Having not seen each other for over a year, everyone had changed a lot.

There were some people Georgia Thorne didn’t even recognize.

Back then, several boys in their class had a crush on Georgia Thorne. Seeing how much she had changed, they just felt she was different from before.

Georgia Thorne’s hair grew quickly; in just a month, it had reached her chin.

The June weather was hot, and everyone was sweating heavily as they stood under the sun.

After the graduation photos were taken, someone suggested going out for a meal together.

Nancy Hughes linked her arm with Georgia Thorne’s. "So, what do you think of the guys in our class?"

Georgia Thorne just smiled, offering no comment.

"Come on, tell me!" Nancy Hughes asked impatiently.

"They’re great."

"So who do you like? Or is there anyone you find particularly good-looking?" Hearing that, Nancy Hughes thought she had an opening. Just as she was about to mention the classmate in the suit, she heard Georgia Thorne say, "You don’t have to play matchmaker for me. I have no intention of getting into a relationship right now."

"Oh..." It was like having a bucket of cold water dumped over her head.

Nancy Hughes had always felt the reason Georgia Thorne wasn’t dating was that Elliot Sheridan had hurt her too deeply.

After a breakup, it’s the man who gets to be carefree, while the woman is left in pain.

Since Elliot Sheridan could happily embrace his fiancée, why should Georgia Thorne keep clinging to the past?

It all boiled down to one thing: Georgia Thorne was just too stubborn and couldn’t see what was good for her.

They were all classmates who hadn’t seen each other in a long time. Since it was still early after the photos, they decided to have a meal at a restaurant near the school.

The group had just arrived at the restaurant and hadn’t even sat down when a call came in.

It was an unknown number. Georgia Thorne answered hesitantly, "Hello, this is Georgia Thorne."

"Hello, may I ask if you are Yara Joyce’s daughter?"

"Yes, I am. May I ask who this is?" Georgia Thorne asked, her brows furrowing.

"I’m the administrator at Rosewood Cemetery. Is it possible for you to come here now?"

Georgia Thorne frantically ran out of the restaurant, hailed a cab, and rushed toward the cemetery.