Chapter 723

Nyla walked out of the lab and asked Damon, "Why are you here?"

"You asked me why I did it. I came to give you an answer," Damon replied.

Upon seeing the seriousness in his eyes, Nyla's heart skipped a beat for some reason. She instinctively looked away.

"You could have just texted me back. You didn't need to come all the way here," she said.

"But I wanted to see you," Damon said.

She frowned and replied, "Mr. Sumner, you're—"

"Crossing a line" was what she wanted to say.

Before she could finish, Damon interrupted her, "If I told the truth, no one would believe it. By saying I'm pursuing you, the focus shifts to me, and people won't gossip about you anymore. Besides, I do intend to pursue you again."

Nyla's mind replayed the things Damon had said to her that night while driving her and Mason home, and she couldn't find the words to respond.

She had indeed been thinking about his words over the past few days but hadn't made up her mind about what to do.

After a moment of conte