Connor Osborne arrived later than Jeremy Thompson, so he had no idea that Jeremy had brought Anna Ainsworth to the charity banquet. His mood was in turmoil, and, in the end, it was his secretary he had brought with him.
However, as soon as he got on the cruise ship, he could noticeably sense that something was off with the atmosphere. Everyone was giving him rather strange looks, as if they were hiding something from him.
Finally, he caught his old friend, Sebastian Harrison, to ask what was going on. Sebastian took him aside and whispered, "Your ex-wife, Anna, is here tonight with Joseph Thompson. Didn't you know?"
"....." Connor was taken aback on the spot. He genuinely didn't know. He had thought that Anna and her brother were still in the rural area of their hometown and hadn't returned.