Chapter 49

She gave Brandon a puzzled look.

Brandon was gazing back at her his eyes cool and detached.

Sophia realized he was talking about Ivan.

“I’ve got no clue,’ she said. She hadn’t gotten close to Ivan, never played the lovey-dovey couple, and had no idea if he met her expectations in a romance.

But to Brandon, her answer rang with a different tune.

“No clue” meant there was room for further observation, perhaps even a chance for development.

He thought Sophia would just say “no,” like she always did to him, straight to the point – no beating around the bush, no

gray areas.

But clearly, Ivan was different in Sophia’s eyes.

This realization only added to the tightness in Brandon’s chest.

He didn’t speak another word, just silently started the engine.

Sophia shot him a glance, feeling a bit at sea. His face was still, calm as a millpond, but the tight lines of his profile betrayed the stormy mood he was emitting.

Brandon kept mum the whole drive back to the hotel.

The car came to a standstill in the underground parking of the hotel.

Once parked, Brandon unfastened his seatbelt but didn’t make a move to get out, just sat there like a statue.

at him,

his off-color expression, she didn’t dare to disturb him and whispered, “I’ll

her seatbelt, turned, and pushed the

door had barely cracked open when suddenly a hand reached over, landing

door shut.

looked towards Brandon as he leaned

eyes were deep

his palm against the back of her seat,

Sophia couldn’t say anything.

didn’t give her a chance to react. His other hand wrapped around her waist, pinning her

parted lips were

was undeniable

years of marriage had taught Brandon exactly how to stir Sophia’s desires, especially when she least

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crumbled layer by layer under

didn’t stand a

remembered all the reactions he elicited, his dominance, his tenderness, and the palpitations he caused while kissing her. Faced with Brandon’s intensifying kisses

Brandon showed no signs

Chapter 49

hand beside her ear uncontrollably sliding into her hair, firmly cradling her neck and head, tilting it back slightly

Brandon

as if he was venting

increasingly oxygen-starved brain

and tongue caressing

entirely, his palm still gently cupping her cheek, forehead resting. against hers, nose to nose, sharing a breath He looked into Sophia’s hazy eyes, his fingertips gently caressing her cheek as he spoke in a raspy voice, “Sophia, can’t

breaths made it hard to speak.

stroking her swollen lips, his soft voice coaxing her gaze, “All the incompatibilities you’ve mentioned, I can try to change. We can

asked breathlessly, “You’ve been acting

“I can’t stand the thought of you ending up with another man someday. I don’t want to see you with another

repeating her

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