Trading My Ex for His Uncle by Hello Spring

Valarie didn't wait for Nyla to respond and rushed out as if something were chasing her. With Valarie's departure, the living room fell into silence.

Nyla lowered her gaze for a moment, hesitating before finally looking up at Damon.

To her surprise, he was also looking at her. Their eyes met, but neither spoke. Eventually, it was Nyla who broke the silence.

"Mr. Sumner, I'm really sorry about what happened before. I'll compensate for the losses caused to Prospectus Technology. I have only one request-please don't hide Buddy from me," Nyla pleaded.

"I promise I won't. I also won't use Buddy to threaten you anymore. If you don't want to live here, you can take him and move out. But you can't go back to Capitarnia right now," Damon replied.

If Nyla took Mason back to Capitarnia, he couldn't guarantee that Richard wouldn't try to kidnap Mason again. Keeping them in Saintornia was the only way he could protect them.

Nyla was taken aback, staring at Damon in disbelief.

Did she hear him wrong? Damon actually agreed to her request and even suggested she move out with Mason? How could he suddenly be so agreeable?

"Mr. Sumner... are you serious?" she asked.

Nyla's eyes, Damon replied earnestly, "Yes, it's true. I was wrong before. I didn't protect you and Buddy properly. I won't force

Damon realized how outrageous his previous behavior had been. He thought he was justified in believing that Nyla had secretly given birth to his child. Yet, if he hadn't pursued her back then, she wouldn't have fallen into the sea while pregnant

to blame her or take Mason

Nyla processed what Damon had just

really take Buddy and leave?" she

confirmed, "Yes, but for now, you

next day, so she said, "Then, I'll pack my things now and move out

Damon's gaze darkened slightly

It was clear that his earlier concerns had been unfounded-she felt no

the chance to leave, she would do so without

to rush," he replied. "I have a business trip tonight and won't be back for a week. Plus, you haven't found a new

hesitated. She wanted to refuse but feared provoking Damon into changing his mind. "Okay,

go back to his study, only emerging when it was

Dinner was rather quiet.