Chapter 221

Nyla shook her head. "That's not what I meant I just want to say that, whether or not the divorce goes through, I'm very grateful to you, Uncle Damon."

"I don't need your gratitude in words," Damon replied.

Nyla looked up, meeting Damon's deep, penetrating gaze. Unease washed over her, and she quickly averted her eyes.

"Then... what do you want?" she asked.

I

"Once you've divorced him, I'll tell you what I want," Damon answered.

Nyla bit her lower lip. "Alright."

It wasn't until she left Damon's office that she finally felt the weight of his intense, probing gaze lift.

Nyla let out a breath of relief. A vague idea of what Damon might want lingered in her mind, but since she had already.made up her mind, she wouldn't regret whatever she had to sacrifice. As she reached the elevator, she ran into Erin coming out.

not your lab," Erin remarked. Erin, being a woman herself, could easily tell that Nyla had put extra effort into her appearance today. The thought that it might be to seduce Damon made her grip her documents tighter, her knuckles turning white as she glared at Nyla. Nyla remained calm. "Ms. Hulle, I don't believe I'm your subordinate, so where I go isn't your

sneered. "I just wanted to remind you that you're Clark's wife, Damon's niece-in- law. You'd do well to remember your

for you to remind me of

said, "Ms. Hulle, don't think that hiding behind others and scheming won't eventually catch up with you. Walk the path long enough,

did she mean by

she realized that Hyla was referring to Jacqueline's

cutting off Nyla's cold

matter what

on making Damon fall in love with her. Once she married him,

evening, after work, Nyla drove to

the sound of an argument inside. She quickly

you doing here?!" Nyla demanded, her eyes

turned

Jordyn's smile deepened.

but it seems I'm not very welcome

out of here

never encountered someone as shameless as Jordyn, who dared to

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