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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

ear, then quickly

the lights, remained

was the Brandon

help but chuckle, but soon her

for some reason, she couldn’t,

upon returning to her room, she deleted Brandon’s WhatsApp and phone number. After that, she dove

Her

country, Sophia found time to swing by her

she saw her brother Aaron

a decent education. He’d been 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

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his 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 process. Loads of start-ups, loads of

did and immediately came out, her eyes instinctively scanning

absorbed in his game, looked up instinctively

seeing Brandon, he then asked Sophia, “Did

Sophia replied, “No.”

he really busy then? Aaron dropped his legs from the coffee table, Oh right, did you talk to him? Tell him to give me that

lakeside villa is really nice, spacious with great lighting, hot property. The sales office has been on our

you guys have the

of

at her “Mom, a villa costs millions. You’re asking to borrow one million just like that, with no way to pay it back

resort project, he’ll have the money to

on us. We don’t need your money, just

back with interest.

the project? You’ve got no experience, no connections, no capital, no

was involved in real estate. After hearing from his fair-weather friends that construction was lucrative, he quickly set up a

plan to do the work himself but to subcontract it at a higher price, then offload it to someone else for

game he was playing and his real caliber. She’d always shut him down, keeping him from

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