Chapter 40

“Yeah, I’m heading back now, Sophia whispered, “Gotta hang up.”

And then she hung up the phone.

Brandon slowly put down his phone only when the busy signal “beep beep” hit his ears, glancing at the screen.

The phone had already gone back to the lock screen.

He unlocked it and, on the call log page, that dialed number was still just a string of digits.

That string of digits had been saved in Brandon’s contacts for eight years.

A number he jotted down in his youth, during the time he reconnected with Sophia, he almost never dialed it, even though he knew it by heart without having to save it

Brandon couldn’t tell why he never called in those years. He often thought of Sophia, remembered how she stood. quietly at the podium, introducing herself with her unique soft voice, “Hi everyone, I’m Sophia.” Every time he thought of her, he couldn’t help but fish out the number, but he never actually dialed it.

his finger hovered over the call button, memories of the graduation party when the teacher regretfully informed everyone that Sophia couldn’t make it, wishing everyone fun, would flood

after that loss and anger, there was the complex feeling that

every time he faced the number, he never followed through with

thought that Sophia must have

turned out she

as for his own number

this? on the phone just now, Brandon’s eyes dimmed

remembered correctly, this wasn’t the first time she had responded with “Hello, who’s this? She

figure appeared at the turn of the stairwell in

quite a few cars parked in front of the building, and

seated in the driver’s seat, remained still,

turned to

Brandon inside the

I didn’t see your car just now.” Sophia apologized with a warm voice as

faintly remembered that Sophia had always been like this. During their school days, upon their reunion, and even during the two years they were married, she never seemed overly affectionate or clingy. It was as if she was always polite to

that he actually didn’t like this

he even despised

couldn’t help but

by his stare, asked, “What’s

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