Trading My Ex for His Uncle by Hello Spring

Chapter 1357

Nyla looked at Valarie. "What do you mean, giving each other looks? Just eat. I made your favorite-spicy chicken."

Valarie nodded. "Okay."

As they ate, Damon glanced at Brandon. "When are you going back to the company?"

It had been nearly a month since Brandon left the Sumner Group. If he stayed away much longer, the people he had trained might start siding with someone else.

Brandon paused mid-bite, instinctively glancing at Valarie across the table. She didn't even look his way.

After a brief silence, he lowered his gaze. "In a few days."

"Alright." Damon didn't press the issue.

Brandon was the CEO of the Sumner Group. Damon couldn't keep treating him like a subordinate.

Halfway through the meal, Brandon's phone rang.

Seeing Jayden's name on the screen, he frowned and ignored it. But the phone rang again. And again.

After declining multiple calls, he realized the others at the table were all looking at him.

He picked up the phone. "It might be urgent."

a low voice. "Jayden,

the ER. The doctors said she lost a lot of blood...

laugh. "She tried coercion, and when that didn't work, she resorted to this? Whatever happens

word, he hung

turned back, a text from Jayden came

Hospital. Come if you still have

tightened around his phone, his knuckles turning

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of going, he found himself losing his

his feelings

had

didn't love her,

he had never wanted anything bad to

to Nyla and Damon before

as she reached the door, her phone

the screen, she

they'd met, he had only ever contacted her through texts. This was the first time

anxious voice came through immediately. "Veevee, where are you

at a friend's house. What's wrong?"

your help," Stefan

out of the