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?"

charity gala is for you... We just don't want

on the other end was cautious, barely above

emphasized the importance of the

showing he cared-about both

"Grandpa just wants the best for us. He's making sure nothing goes wrong with the

seemed to ease Hugh's mood

be right

other end exhaled in relief. Serena had

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

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

"Serena? You're here too?"

on Hugh's schedule for one reason, and

Larson Group's support for the

"coincidentally" run into Hugh after dinner and seize the

that, despite Hugh's hectic schedule, he had still made

a flicker of frustration

shift in his expression and raised an

business, don't mind

leaned back into

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