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.

had their one-night stand, which led to the

couldn’t resist her buddy Susan Cooper’s begging and tagged

showed up to these things, would be there

Brandon lost all contact, didn’t join the class group chats or reunions. They were like ships passing in the night, briefly crossing paths before vanishing into their

vanished even more

where he’d gone or what he’d done. Whenever Sophia casually prodded her high school friends,

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

it’d show, she hid behind eating and

perhaps out of neighborly duty, volunteered to take

ended up in his arms. The lights were off, Brandon had had a few himself, and whether it was the booze or the night’s spell, when their

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

gaze and the man she’d fantasized

the

green as her

background and looks, it was impossible he

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

also made him a

the only slip-up in his

And for Sophia, too.

life all

some advanced training and was already getting her ducks in a row to apply to the School of Architecture of Apex Engineering

never saw it

loose a

to, she didn’t have time to 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

Sophis found out she was pregnant, she was at

Brandon was talking marriage, having the kid and all that

hadn’t planned on telling Brandon in the first place, but as luck would have it, she bumped

wanted to keep the test results under wraps, but it

she was hiding behind her

“Let me see

it was laced

handed

report for a bit,

this baby, and its arrival had totally scrambled her

Brandon said. “But the ball’s in your

“Getting married?”

was pulling her leg, but

her a couple of

but she never imagined that

then told Brandon, “So, let’s tie the

third day, they picked up their

absurd, yet somehow it all fell into

never imagined that she and the kid

expect her marriage to Brandon to fizzle out before

start and a whirlwind

years felt like a

by familiar things in her house, Sophia felt

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

could still remember the focus and the emotional turmoil in his eyes, and even now, her heart skipped

thought

feelings for many years,

He was just a

ached with this

in the study a few days ago

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

got my reasons. Mind your

look at you. Because of Yolanda Frost, you wouldn’t date anyone, and then you go to some

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

comes up, you jump to her defense I’m just asking, what if Yolanda comes back? Don’t forget, you were engaged to

“She’s never coming back”

of the rare moments she could detect a different emotion in his usually calm demeanor. Clearly, this “Yolanda girl held

time Sophia had heard the name Yolanda,

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