NovelEnglishChapter 938 Brandon stiffened, awkwardly replying, "That was different." "How exactly?" Valarie asked.
"Tom is your ex, and you were crazy about him back then," Brandon explained.
Valarie's disappointment deepened. "So, in your eyes, I'm the kind of person who would still be tangled up with an ex while dating someone new?" "Valarie, don't twist my words. I trust you-I just don't trust Tom," Brandon shot back.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Well, at least I never did anything with Tom that could be misinterpreted. I'm done discussing this. Let's take stapart," Valarie insisted. Seeing the exhaustion in her expression, Brandon didn't press further. "Fine. If you need time, take it. I'll also deal with Michelle properly." Valarie nodded, said nothing, and drove off.
Once her car was out of sight, Brandon pulled out his phone and called Jayden. "Where are you? Free to meet? Bring Michelle. No one else." An hour later, at a high-end restaurant in Saintornia...
Brandon sat across from Jayden and Michelle. His expression was icy, making the air between them tense. Jayden leaned back in his chair, raising an eyebrow. "Valarie still giving you a hard time?" Brandon's girlfriend had always struck Jayden as uptight and demanding. Before Brandon started dating her, they'd often joked around without any boundaries. But now that he was in a relationship, it felt like they all had to walk on eggshells. "I asked you here to make one thing clear," Brandon said coldly. "Don't inviteto any gatherings that include Michelle from now on. I won't be attending." Brandon could still easily distinguish between a friend and a girlfriend.
He should have left Jayden's birthday gathering the moment he'd given his gift. If he had, whatever happened afterward wouldn't have happened, and he wouldn't be fighting with Valarie.
Michelle paled, her gaze filled with disbelief as she stared at Brandon "Brandon, we've been friends for so many years, and you're cuttinoff over a joke?" Jayden's face darkened, his tone sharp. "Are you seriously choosing a woman over us? You think this is worth it?" "If you and Michelle treatedlike a friend, you would've respected my girlfriend. You wouldn't have made inappropriate jokes in front of her.
"Jayden, your birthday parties are usually at venues owned by your et family business. Last night's location wasn't a coincidence, was it? Brandon questioned.
Michelle's expression flickered, her hands clenched under the table.
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She had been the one to suggest last night's venue and she had bad m e ulterior motives for doing so.
Jayden scoffed. "What are you accusingof? You think I planned this to provoke Valarie?" Valarie wasn't so important that he would use his birthday as a platform to pick on her! "I didn't say that. Interpret it however you like. I've said my piece," Brandon replied.
Without waiting for a response, he stood and left.
Michelle tried to call after him, but Jayden stopped her. "Let him go! We don't need him. It's not like can't е survive Without his friendship!" Jayden's face was tight with anger, his fists clenched so hard the veins bulged.
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