Chapter 258

The restaurant was filled with the gentle melody of a piano and the rich aroma of fine cuisine.

Serena set down her knife and fork, feeling pleasantly full. A faint smile played on

her lips.

"If you hadn't shown up in time, who knows how long my dad would've kept me there? Thanks," she said.

"Next time, just call me right away," Hugh replied.

He casually wiped the corner of his mouth, his gaze meeting Serena's under the restaurant's warm, ambient glow. A faint smile played on his lips.

If he could, he would have loved to have dinner with her like this every day. But moments like this were always fleeting.

With the Larson family's charity gala approaching, calls from Larson Group kept coming in, each one pressing for more details.

Hugh had answered twice, his expression growing darker with each call.

"If you need my approval for every minor decision, why do I even keep you around?"

important this charity gala is for

on the other end was cautious, barely above a whisper, but Serena

pretty good idea why Hugh was so tied up. Calvin had emphasized the importance

of showing he cared-about both of

sure nothing goes wrong with the announcement.

seemed to ease Hugh's

be right back," he

exhaled in relief. Serena had just spared them from Hugh's

stood to leave, a familiar voice called out. "Mr. Larson, what a

in a sharply tailored gray suit, but the moment his eyes landed on

"Serena? You're here too?"

keeping close tabs on Hugh's schedule for

Group's support for

"coincidentally" run into Hugh after dinner and

hadn't expected was that, despite Hugh's hectic schedule, he had still made time for dinner

settled on Zach's face, and a flicker of frustration crossed his eyes as

the shift in his

this is business, don't

leaned

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