Chapter 4

Sophia chuckled awkwardly, “I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, just happened to walk by. I’m really sorry for causing such a hassle for you and your folks This whole marriage was a comedy of errors, anyway. We’re from different worlds You’ve got your own true love, and I’ve got my pride. Your parents can’t stand me, and I’m not about to twist myself into a pretzel to fit in. So, let’s just call it quits, shall we?”

Brandon’s eyes were locked onto her, his lips pressed into a thin line, silent.-

Sophia held his gaze quietly too.

I know my family background and personal circumstances might not be up to par with yours, but there’s someone out there who’ll think I’m the bee’s knees. I won’t force a square peg into a round hole, Sophia said with a smile, “I wish you and Yolanda all the best May you lovebirds find your happily ever after.”

Brandon remained silent

Sophia didn’t push the conversation further. She offered a polite smile and turned to head back to her room.

“Yolanda is Mr. Frost’s youngest daughter. She went missing when she was five. I was the one who lost sight of her, Brandon suddenly spoke up

Sophia turned around in surprise

“If she’s still alive, she’d be about your age, he continued, locking eyes with her.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know about her.” Sophia instinctively apologized.

“It’s fine,” Brandon cut her off. “There’s no issue of one of us not being good enough for the other. I’m sorry I didn’t take better care of you”

“It’s my fault, Sophia said.

“It’s not on you,” Brandon exhaled softly, regaining his usual composure, “I’ll have the lawyers handle the divorce, and make sure the assets are divided fairly

“No need,” Sophia declined with a smile, “It really wasn’t anything to do with me anyway.”

Brandon didn’t respond, just watched her quietly from a short distance, his gaze as deep and still as a dark, bottomless pool

Sophia’s smile faltered, her hand gesturing towards the back, “Well. I’ll be off then”

forward and enveloped her in a

care of yourself, he whispered in her ear, then quickly let

there, watching his retreating figure. His tall silhouette, stretched by the lights, remained firm and resolute. devoid of any hesitation or

the

but chuckle, but soon her tears started to fall uncontrollably, big, heavy

but for some reason, she couldn’t, and her throat was

she deleted Brandon’s WhatsApp and phone number. After that, she dove into the hustle and bustle of preparing to

was lucky. Her visa

before leaving the country, Sophia found

saw her brother Aaron Yearwood lounging on the couch playing video games, looking totally

a hard worker in his student days. but as the only son their mother Laura Yearwood had spoiled him rotten, never wanting him to endure hardship This codding had inadvertently bred laziness in him. He couldn’t handle the grind, had lofty ideals but

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life, gripe about the low salary not worth his time, or claim his boss was a bonehead who didn’t get him in the end, it was always someone else’s fault, never his. So, seven or eight years post-graduation, he had achieved zilch, always daydreaming about striking it rich with his own startup, draining his parents’ retirement funds in the

Sophia enter, but their mother Laura, busy in the kitchen, did and immediately came out, her eyes instinctively scanning

game, looked up

then asked Sophia, “Did you two

Sophia replied, “No.”

Tell him to give

Brandon? Laura chimed in, “That lakeside villa is really nice, spacious with great lighting, hot property. The sales office has been on our backs, urging us to put down a deposit. If we don’t do it this week, someone

the

“We were thinking of asking Brandon to lend

borrow one million just

brother lands the resort project, he’ll have the money to pay

can count on us. We don’t need your money, just

back with interest.

him, What are you going to offer for the project? You’ve got no

After hearing from his fair-weather friends that

didn’t actually plan to do the work himself but to subcontract it at a higher price, then offload it to someone else for cheap, just

and his real caliber. She’d always shut him down, keeping him from

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