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.

the graduation party when the teacher regretfully informed everyone that Sophia couldn’t make it, wishing everyone fun, would flood him with

after that loss and anger, there was

of anger and complex disappointment, every time he faced the number, he never followed through with the

Sophia must have

she kept it

the back of his hand, but as for his own number which hadn’t changed in

polite “Hello, who’s this? on the phone just now, Brandon’s

she had responded with “Hello, who’s this? She genuinely didn’t know who was on the other end of

of the stairwell

in front of the building, and she couldn’t spot Brandon’s car

in the driver’s seat, remained still, just watching

she turned to head in a different direction, Brandon suddenly honked the

followed the sound and saw Brandon inside the car. She

didn’t see your car just now.” Sophia apologized with a warm voice as she got into the car, her politeness

reunion, and even during the two years

first time, Brandon realized that he actually didn’t like this kind

he

but glance

his stare,

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