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”

and enveloped her in

whispered in her ear, then quickly let go and walked away without looking

stretched by the lights, remained firm and resolute. devoid of any hesitation or dragging

was the

her tears

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

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

lucky. Her visa

found time to swing

as she walked in, she saw her brother Aaron Yearwood lounging on the couch playing video games, looking

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

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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.

mother Laura, busy in the kitchen, did and immediately came out, her eyes instinctively scanning behind Sophia, Sophia? Why are you back

game, looked up

asked Sophia,

Sophia replied, “No.”

Tell him to give me that resort project. They need someone to do it anyway, better the money

property. The sales office has been on our backs, urging us to put down a deposit. If we don’t do it this

have the

said. “We were thinking of asking Brandon to lend us

asking to borrow one million

once your brother lands the resort project, he’ll have

on us. We don’t need your

back with interest.

looked at him, What are you going to offer for the project? You’ve got no experience, no connections, no capital, no credentials. You think your shell company’s gonna

knowing that Brandon’s family was involved in real estate. After hearing from his fair-weather friends that construction was lucrative, he quickly set up a construction company with zero

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

playing and his real caliber. She’d

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