Trading My Ex for His Uncle



C

aze turned icy. "Why do you ask?"

se, no matter what, Ms. Hulle is still your fiancee, and the Hulles have many cooperative projects Prospectus Technology. Publicly revealing her affair detrimental to bothContentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

ties," I a reasoned.

After a moment of silence, Damon replied coldly, "You're overthinking it. What I'm doing has nothing to do with her.”

it

Luca lowered his gaze, not fully convinced. If it weren't for Nyla, there would be no reason to expose

"Is there anything else?" Damon's voice was sharp.

It prompted Luca to quickly answer, "No, I'll head out now."

"Mr. Hulle might come by in the afternoon. Just let him into my office," Damon said.

“Understood, Mr. Sumner," Luca replied.

Not long after lunch, Patrick stormed into Damon's office. "Mr. Sumner, is this how you treat Erin? Isn't it a bit excessive?"

Damon set down his documents and looked up at Patrick.

Patrick stomped into the office and slammed the door shut. The anger he felt from

this morning's encounter with the shareholders surged in his chest, almost overwhelming him.

Damon remained composed. "Mr. Hulle, please take a seat."

Patrick let out a cold laugh. "Damon, if you don't give me a satisfactory explanation today, we'll cancel all our previous collaborations, and my compan He thought this would threaten Damon, but to his surprise, Damon simply nodded. "Alright. If you want to terminate the agreement, we'll do it your way Patrick froze in disbelief. "What did you just say?"

He hadn't genuinely intended to end their collaboration. He just wanted to leverage the situation to gain more from Prospectus Technology. Naturally, Damon's immediate agreement caught him off guard.

After decades in business, Patrick quickly realized that Damon had been waiting for him to say that.

"So that's what you were waiting for! Damon, don't think I'm afraid of you. You've already set Erin up, and now you're trying to use this to back out of the agreement with Builders Property. It won't be that easy!" Patrick huffed.

Damon smiled, but his eyes were icy. “So you know there's no easy way out. Then why are you

cooperating with Prospectus Technology while secretly meeting with Clark? You don't think he can cook up anything, do you?"

Patrick was taken aback, shock flashing in his eyes. How did Damon know about his dealings with Clark?

The day after transfer

turned to the country, he had sought out Patrick. Knowing that Richard intended to to Clark, Patrick considered getting closer to him. After all, while Da

y had yet to benefit from the collaboration with Prospectus Technology. Patrick wasn't sit back and accept that.

K could reclaim the Sumner Group from Damon, it would be a boon for Builders Property, especially an terms of potential collaborative benefits.

"Mr. Sumner, let me explain. Your nephew has approached me a few times since he returned, but I only dined with him out of respect for you.

"I promise we didn't discuss

anything else. You're Erin's fiance my future son-in-law. There's no way I'd help an outsider over my own son-in-law, right?" Patrick tried to reassure Damon.

Damon looked at him with a smile that didn't reach his eyes. "Is that so?"

Patrick nodded fervently. "Yes, Mr. Sumner, you've really misunderstood me. If you don't believe me, we can call your nephew in for a confrontation rig "No need for that. I have a recording that you might find interesting," Damon said.

He played a recording from his phone.

As Patrick listened, his face grew increasingly dark. Before the recording even finished, he wore an expression of utter defeat.

Damon turned off the recording and smiled at him. "Do you have anything else to say? Are you going to claim this recording is fabricated?”

Patrick glared at him. “Damon, first

you have someone leak those photos of my daughter, and now you pull out this recording. You're trying to force me to terminate the agreement with Prospectus Technology.

"I see your family's tactics clearly now! I agree to the termination, but remember, acting so ruthlessly will only narrow your options!"