Trading My Ex for His Uncle (Nyla and Damon) novel Chapter 276

"No, I'm not," Damon replied.

Nyla raised an eyebrow. His tone was so stiff, and yet he claimed he wasn't angry?

"Then why are you upset? Because I talked to Clark?" she asked.

Damon's gaze darkened. "I'm not that childish."

"Then what are you angry about?" Nyla pressed.

Aside from exchanging a few words with Clark, she couldn't think of anything she had done that might have upset Damon. Besides, she and Clark were divorced now, and the conversation had happened right in front of Damon.

What was there to be angry about?

After a few seconds of silence, Damon spoke in a low voice. "Was the heart medication patent he presented back then something you gave him?"

Nyla paused for a moment before nodding. "Yes. He had just started working at the Sumner Group at the time, and the shareholders didn't respect him. We were married then, and I knew that if he succeeded, it would benefit me too. So, I gave it to him."

Damon smiled, but his tone was sarcastic. "You really did treat him well."

Back then, Clark had used that patent to snatch away several major partnerships from Prospectus Technology and had even undermined the company in the process.

If Clark hadn't been Damon's nephew and if the Sumner Group hadn't been a family business, Damon wouldn't have let him off so easily.

He hadn't realized that the heart medication patent was actually Nyla's work!

He knew he shouldn't let the past affect their current relationship, but the thought of how deeply she had once loved Clark made him feel uneasy.

Nyla couldn't help but laugh. "Are you jealous, Mr. Sumner?"

"No," Damon answered.

"Really?" Nyla asked again.

"Of course. I'm not that childish!" Damon exclaimed.

Nyla held back her laughter and nodded. "Okay, okay, you're not childish. I'm the one being childish. If you're not jealous, then we won't talk about it anymore."

They drove in silence until they reached the company. Just as Damon was about to get out of the car, Nyla suddenly stopped him.

"It's true that I gave Clark the patent I developed, but that was back when we were deeply in love. I never imagined we would separate. The past can't be changed, but what I can promise you is that I don't love him anymore. The person in my heart now is you," she said.

She looked at him earnestly, her eyes reflecting his image as if he were the only one who mattered to her at that moment.

Damon hadn't expected Nyla to explain herself, and his heart softened instantly. The discomfort he had been feeling vanished.

It wasn't her fault she had fallen for the wrong person—it was Clark's.

Besides, if Clark hadn't made those mistakes, Damon wouldn't have had the chance to be with her.

Seeing Damon's calm expression and his lack of visible reaction, Nyla couldn't help but frown. "You don't believe me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Damon suddenly leaned toward her.

Nyla instinctively backed away, but just as her head was about to hit the window, his hand gently cradled the back of her head.