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.

it was in this tiny place where she and Brandon had their one-night stand, which led to the pregnancy that

her buddy Susan Cooper’s begging and tagged along to the

Brandon, the guy who never showed up to these

didn’t join the class group chats or reunions. They were like ships

vanished even

gone or what he’d done. Whenever Sophia

Brandon after all these years, Sophia was a mix of thrilled and nervous. The 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

she hid behind eating and drinking, unwittingly

neighborly duty, volunteered to take

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.

even had a boyfriend, but that night, she

the

they indulged to the fullest, both

Brandon to be as green as

his family background and looks, it was impossible he couldn’t have had

why Brandon had been single a man wholly devoted to

him a

was probably the only slip-up in

And for Sophia, too.

had her life all mapped

in college and had a decent amount of talent and skills. 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

saw it

it safe that night, and because they let loose a little too much, they both overslept the

She was also kind of ng her fingers, hoping that she was in

pregnant,

Brandon was talking marriage, having the kid

been in touch since. Sophia hadn’t planned on telling Brandon in the first place, but as luck would have it, she

to keep the test results

she was hiding

“Let me see

but it was laced with

handed

a bit, Brandon asked her, “What’s

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

the

“Getting married?”

Brandon was pulling her leg, but then she

of days

she never imagined that one day he’d pop

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

they picked up

yet somehow it all fell

never imagined that she and the kid weren’t meant

marriage to Brandon to fizzle out before

whirlwind start and a whirlwind

years felt like

house,

night she almost tripped over a shoe and he caught her,

turmoil in his eyes, and

thought that

her, had harbored feelings for many

wasn’t the case. He was just a bit too tipsy,

heart ached with

in the study a few days

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

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

abruptly cut off his father Daniel Crawley,

you jump to her defense I’m just asking, what if Yolanda

“She’s never coming back”

Brandon’s voice faded a bit. It was one of the rare moments she could detect

Sophia had heard the name

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