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.

Chapter

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

she and Brandon had their one-night stand, which led to the pregnancy that

buddy Susan Cooper’s begging and tagged along to the

thought Brandon, the guy who never showed up

chats or reunions.

vanished

or what he’d done. Whenever Sophia

crush she never dared to voice was swirling in her chest, but she never found the courage to spill it, even talking to him was stiff and formal, especially with him sitting right next to her their

hid

volunteered to take her

she entered. Brandon, quick on the uptake, caught her and in the inertia of the moment, she ended up in his arms. The lights

for casual hook-ups. She’d never even had a boyfriend, but that night, she got lost in

and the

the fullest, both inexperienced but

green as her in love and

it was

those two years, Sophia understood why Brandon had been single a man wholly devoted to his work didn’t have the spare effort

also made him a stickler for clean

night was probably the only slip-up in his

And for Sophia, too.

her life all

She was looking to get some advanced training and was already getting her ducks

saw it coming.

because they let loose a little too much, they both overslept

swing by the pharmacy for the morning-after pill. She was also kind of ng her fingers, hoping that she was in the clear since it was supposedly her safe period. But as fate would have it. she was caught

out she was pregnant, she was

marriage, having the kid and

on telling Brandon in the first place, but as luck would have it, she bumped into him at the hospital where he

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

the HCG report she was hiding behind her back, and reached

“Let me see

sentence, but it was laced with an

Sophia handed over the

staring at the report for a bit, Brandon

clueless. She hadn’t anticipated this baby, and its arrival

us getting married and having the baby, Brandon said. “But the ball’s in your court. If

“Getting married?”

leg, but then she saw him

her a couple of days to

years, but she never imagined that one day he’d pop

she took two days to think it over and then told Brandon,

third day, they picked

absurd, yet somehow it all fell

and

to Brandon to fizzle out before their third

was a whirlwind start and

past two years felt

things in her house, Sophia felt an aching emptiness

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

his eyes, and

had thought that was

like her, had harbored feelings for many years, which led

was

heart ached

the study

you and wanted to see you married before he passed. You didn’t want him to leave 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 gave your grandpa peace, but it’s been two years, and that child wasn’t meant to be with you guys You’re not planning to drag this out for a lifetime, are

got my reasons. Mind your own

to trouble, and look at you. Because of Yolanda Frost, you wouldn’t date anyone, and then you go to some damn reunion, and next thing you know, that woman

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, what if Yolanda comes back? Don’t forget, you were

“She’s never coming back”

moments she could detect a different emotion in his usually

heard the name Yolanda,

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