Chapter 2

Brandon bee-lined home.

It was his first time ducking out of work to head back

His pad, spick and span, no longer had any traces of Sophia, except for that divorce agreement on the coffee table, all mussed up by the breeze.

Brandon reached for it

The agreement was straightforward. Sophia didn’t want a thing. What was hers before the marriage stayed hers after

Her signature was already on the dotted line

Her handwriting was gorgeous, all flowy and elegant.

Brandon zoned out staring at the signature on the divorce papers.

No clue how much time had passed when the rustling sound of the door opening snapped him back to reality

Brandon whipped his head toward the entrance.

Patricia had just stepped in, and his sudden glance startled her big time

“What’s up?” she asked, puzzled, clearly noticing the flicker of hope on Brandon’s face slowly fade into dead calm.

“Nothing much, he replied coolly. “What brings you here?”

“I was worried Sophia might be bored stiff at home alone, just dropped by to keep her company, Patricia said with a smile, moving towards him, “What’s with the sudden home run today? Something up with Sophia?”

As she spoke, her brows furrowed with concern, her head turning towards the room.

“She’s fine, Brandon said, looking at her, “Do you drop by often?”

“Not really, just now and then.”

Patricia’s face was painted with awkward embarrassment, and upon finishing her sentence, she saw Brandon’s brow furrow

She quickly changed the subject to the papers in Brandon’s hand “What’s that?”

Reaching to grab them, but before her fingertips could touch the documents, Brandon pressed them down first.

“It’s nothing. Brandon said, looking at Patricia, “No need for you to come over if there’s no issue. Sophia’s got her work. cut out for her. We’ll come visit you when we get the chance.”

“She, Patricia began, almost blurting out “What work could she possibly have?” but quickly bit her tongue, “Alright then.

She couldn’t help but remind Brandon, Sophia’s been recuperating for over a year and still no baby bump. I hope she hasn’t got some lingering issues. Have her get checked at the hospital when she can. I wouldn’t want troubles with having kids later.

Brandon said. “It’s the kid I didn’t want.”

Patricia looked at him, baffled

Brandon issued the boot. “You better head back, and don’t come around unless it’s necessary.”

Patricia’s mouth hung open, wanting to protest, but ultimately, she shut it under Brandon’s icy stare, and turned to leave.

Brandon watched the door close, glanced around the house now devoid of Suphia’s presence, heaved a long sigh, picked up his phone, and dialed his assistant Kent. “Kent, set up a meeting with the lawyer, gotta sort out this divorce

Huh? Kent was taken aback. Wasn’t it just yesterday he’d sent Sophia over? They didn’t seem to be at odds.

Brandon hall aiready hung up, tossing the divorce papers on the coffee table and stepping out the door

Sophia moved back to her smell suburban house.

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She’d bought it before getting hitched, just the right size for her solo living.

place where she and Brandon had their one-night stand, which led to

night, she couldn’t resist her buddy Susan Cooper’s begging

Brandon, the guy who never showed up to

she and Brandon lost all contact, didn’t join the class group chats or reunions. They were like ships passing in the night, briefly

vanished

what he’d done. Whenever Sophia casually prodded her high school friends, there wasn’t a peep about

she never found the courage to spill it, even talking to him was stiff and formal, especially

she hid behind eating

neighborly duty, volunteered to take

a number on her balance. In her tiny one-room house, she tripped over shoes left by the door as soon as she entered. Brandon, quick on the uptake, caught her and in the inertia of the moment, she ended up in his arms. The

a boyfriend, but that night,

the man she’d fantasized

to the fullest, both inexperienced

to be as green

family background and looks, it was impossible

been single a man wholly devoted to his work didn’t have

upbringing also made him a stickler

night was probably the only slip-up

And for Sophia, too.

her life all

She was looking to get some advanced training and was already getting her ducks in a row to apply to the School of Architecture of Apex Engineering University. But one unexpected

never saw it

safe that night, and because they let loose a little too much, they

kind of ng her fingers, hoping that she was in

was pregnant, she was at sixes and

Brandon was talking marriage, having the kid

in touch since. Sophia hadn’t planned on telling Brandon in the first place, but as luck would have it, she bumped into him at the hospital

a bit red-faced and wanted to keep the test results

glimpse of the HCG report she was hiding behind her

“Let me see

a simple, calm sentence, but it was laced with

Sophia handed over the

for a bit, Brandon asked

head, clueless. She hadn’t anticipated this baby,

and having the baby, Brandon said. “But the ball’s in your court. If you’re not up for it,

“Getting married?”

She thought Brandon was pulling her leg, but then she saw

a couple of days

sweet on Brandon for years, but she never imagined that one

two days to think it over and then told Brandon, “So, let’s tie the knot.” Just like during a divorce, he simply nodded

the third day, they picked

seemed absurd, yet somehow it all fell into

that she and the kid

she expect her marriage to Brandon

start and a whirlwind

years felt

things in her house, Sophia felt an aching

tripped over a shoe and he caught her, the intense look in his eyes

his eyes, and even now, her heart skipped a beat at

had thought that was

harbored feelings for many years, which led

He was

ached with this

tiff between Brandon and his father in the study a few

with regrets, so you rushed things with Sophia. It just so happened that she was pregnant with. your child, so I didn’t say much. It

my reasons. Mind your own

Yolanda Frost, you wouldn’t date

cut off his father Daniel Crawley, his tone icy. This is my fault, not

I won’t talk about her. Every time she comes up, you jump to her defense I’m just asking,

“She’s never coming back”

It was one of the rare moments she could detect a different emotion in his usually

time Sophia had heard the name Yolanda, and

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