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."

answered in a low voice. "Jayden, I'm busy. Don't

said she lost a

let out a cold laugh. "She tried coercion, and when that didn't work, she resorted to this?

word, he

back, a text from

Hospital. Come if you

around his

he deleted the message, his

of going, he found himself

of his

they had been

didn't love her,

he had never wanted anything bad to happen to

dinner, Valarie said goodbye to Nyla and Damon before

she reached the door, her phone

the screen, she

contacted her through texts. This

his anxious voice came through

a friend's

your help," Stefan

stepped out of

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