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.

this tiny place where she and Brandon had their one-night stand,

Cooper’s begging and tagged along

guy who never showed up

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

vanished

done. Whenever Sophia casually prodded her high

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 her

she hid behind eating and drinking, unwittingly getting

volunteered to take her

inertia of the moment, she ended up in

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

the man she’d

the fullest,

to be as green as

was impossible he couldn’t have had

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

made him a

probably the

And for Sophia, too.

life

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

never saw it coming.

let loose a little too much, they both overslept

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

found out she was pregnant, she was at

was talking marriage, having the kid and all

telling Brandon in the first place, but as luck would have it, she

to keep the test results under wraps, but it

a glimpse of the HCG report she was hiding behind her back, and reached out

“Let me see

sentence, but it was laced with an

Sophia handed over

report for a bit, Brandon

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

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

“Getting married?”

leg, but then she saw him nod

her a couple of days to

sweet on Brandon for years, but she never

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

third day, they picked up

yet somehow

Sophia never imagined that she and

did she expect her marriage to Brandon to fizzle out before

start and

two years

house, Sophia felt an aching

night she almost tripped over a shoe and he caught her, the intense look in

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

thought that was

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

case. He was

ached with this

and his father in the study a

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

got my reasons.

wouldn’t date anyone, and then you go to some damn reunion, and next thing you

Brandon abruptly cut off his father Daniel Crawley, his tone icy. This

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?

“She’s never coming back”

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

Sophia had heard the name Yolanda, and she

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