when you use add_post_meta with the argument $unique = TRUE and the meta already exist, the value is not changed
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_post_meta
If you want to update a meta, use update_post_meta
update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-branch-order', $branch);
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