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

Susan Cooper’s

guy who never showed up

group chats or reunions. They were like ships passing in the

had vanished even

Sophia casually prodded

never found the courage to spill it, even talking to him was stiff and formal, especially with him sitting right next to her their proximity made her

hid behind eating and

volunteered to take her

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

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

was the gaze and the man she’d fantasized

the

expected Brandon to be as green as

it was

those two years, Sophia understood why Brandon had been single a man

also made him a

probably the only slip-up in his

And for Sophia, too.

life

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 one unexpected night threw a wrench

it coming.

that night, and because they let loose a little too much, they both overslept the next day.

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

was pregnant,

was talking marriage, having the kid and

that night, and they hadn’t been in touch since. Sophia hadn’t planned on telling Brandon in the first place, but

to keep the

HCG report she was hiding behind her back, and reached

“Let me see

calm sentence, but it was laced with an

Sophia handed over

staring at the report for a bit, Brandon asked

baby, and its arrival

and having the baby, Brandon said. “But the ball’s in

“Getting married?”

was gobsmacked. She thought Brandon was pulling her leg,

her a couple of days to

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

Brandon, “So, let’s tie the knot.” Just like during a divorce, he simply nodded

day, they picked up their marriage

seemed absurd, yet somehow it all fell into

Sophia never imagined that she and the kid weren’t meant to

to Brandon to fizzle out before their

whirlwind start

years felt

by familiar things in her house, Sophia

a shoe and he caught

and the emotional turmoil in his eyes, and even now,

thought that was

like her, had harbored feelings for many years, which led to that night’s

He was

ached

his father in the study a few days ago when she was

was gravely ill back then. He was fond of 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

reasons. Mind your

at you. Because of Yolanda Frost, you wouldn’t date anyone, and then

Daniel Crawley, his tone icy. This is my fault,

her. Every time she comes up, you jump to her defense I’m just asking, what if Yolanda comes back? Don’t

“She’s never coming back”

tell that Brandon’s voice faded a bit. It was one of the rare moments she could detect a different emotion in his usually calm demeanor. Clearly, this “Yolanda girl held a special

the first time Sophia had heard the name Yolanda, and she felt a

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