After I left Alpha father and son went crazy with regret

Chapter 177

Before she had a chance to react, a voice piped up from nearby. “They’re from Bran… the new guy in the R&D department!”

Nora barely blinked. She wasn’t surprised. She wasn’t particularly moved either.

“Okay, I know,” she said simply, setting the bouquet aside without further comment.

She had work to do.

By noon, she spotted Leo in the corridor and casually asked, “Lunch?”

Leo sighed dramatically. “I wish. My sister is making me go to a couple’s restaurant so she can take a million photos for her social media.”

Nora smirked. She had met Leo’s sister before… a stylish woman with an effortless charm. “Sounds like a tough life,” she teased.

Leo groaned. “You have no idea.”

With a small laugh, Nora waved him off and headed toward the cafeteria.

**Meanwhile, at the Couple’s Restaurant**

Leo arrived at the restaurant as instructed. It was an elegant place, the ambiance intimate and romantic, with soft lighting and beautifully set tables.

Most of the patrons were couples on dates, leaning in close, whispering to each other.

Leo grimaced. He was already dreading this.

Not long after, his sister finally arrived, her eyes lighting up as she surveyed the aesthetic of the place.

“Perfect,” she declared. “This is exactly the kind of vibe I wanted!”

Leo rolled his eyes but said nothing.

That was when someone else walked in.

Charles.

And he wasn’t alone.

with a woman at his side, their body language unmistakably

was draped loosely around

narrowed his eyes

way Charles carried himself seemed calculated, as

a bad feeling

spotted Leo sitting not

Leo had his back turned

in his chair, his posture relaxed yet

woman with delicate features and perfectly styled hair, was saying

was on Leo.

phone, tilting it slightly so he could discreetly snap

Leo sitting across from an elegantly dressed woman in a cozy, intimate

typed out a message in his group

Chapter 177

[Guess what happened?]

moment later, he

reminder that this is a

sent the message and waited.

phone buzzed. He clicked on the notification and saw Charles’s message along with the attached picture. His expression remained unreadable as he stared at it

the message

Arnold also remained silent.

tapping his fingers against the table impatiently.

wanted someone to react, someone to share in his amusement. When no one did, he grew impatient and sent another

[?????????

no reply

It’s dinner time,

only one

a date with

satisfied that at least Linda was

Arnold’s grandmother’s birthday party, but she had heard

knew that Leo’s mother had spoken highly of Nora at

had even mentioned, rather casually, that if Leo and Nora

dismissed it as baseless chatter.

if she knew everything,* Linda thought. “If she learned about Nora’s past marriage, her real situation… there’s no way she’d agree to her marrying

she couldn’t