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.

restaurant with a woman at his side,

loosely around her waist,

his eyes slightly, observing them.

seemed calculated, as if

had a bad

a glance, Charles spotted Leo sitting not

Leo had his back turned and didn’t seem to

in his chair, his posture relaxed

woman with delicate features and perfectly styled hair, was saying something, but Charles

on Leo.

small smirk, he pulled out his phone, tilting it slightly so

Leo sitting across from an elegantly

a message in his group chat with Arnold, Cole,

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[Guess what happened?]

he added

reminder that this is a “couple’s* restaurant.]

sent the message and waited.

out for dinner when his phone buzzed. He clicked on the notification and saw

read the message but

and Arnold also remained silent.

tapping his fingers against

When no one did, he

[?????????

reply from Cole.

everyone? It’s dinner time, aren’t you all here?]

only one who

on a date with

chuckled, feeling satisfied that at least Linda

grandmother’s birthday party, but she had heard plenty about it.

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

had been so pleased with Nora that she had even mentioned, rather casually, that

Linda had dismissed

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

now, seeing this, she couldn’t help but