Trading My Ex for His Uncle (Nyla and Damon) novel Chapter 1074

Nyla frowned. "What are you trying to say?"

Gabriel hesitated before explaining, "On Friday, when I left Buddy in my office, the company's system suddenly had issues during that same timeframe. I—"

She cut him off sharply, "Are you suggesting my five-year-old son somehow sabotaged your company's system? Do you even realize how ridiculous you sound?"

Gabriel stood in silence, his expression awkward. Even he knew how absurd it sounded.

"I don't have time for your nonsense," Nyla commented. "Instead of pointing fingers at Buddy, maybe you should look into whether your system was already faulty."

With that, she shoved past him and left.

Gabriel stood there for a moment, watching her car disappear down the road before finally heading back to his vehicle.

…

As Mason walked into his kindergarten classroom, he quickly noticed his classmates giving him odd looks.

He ignored them, found his seat, and waited quietly for the teacher to arrive.

After a while, one of the children approached him hesitantly. "Mason, I heard from my dad that your family went bankrupt. Is that true?"

Before Mason could respond, the other kids burst into chatter.

"It's true! I heard my parents talking about it last night. They said I shouldn't play with Mason anymore because his family is poor now."

"Same! My mom said he might have to transfer to a normal kindergarten soon because his family can't afford this one anymore!"