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.

looked at

dare to disturb him and whispered, “I’ll

her seatbelt, turned, and pushed the door

when suddenly a hand

door shut.

as he leaned in, “What, what’s

eyes were

He just gave her a look, propped his palm against the back of her seat,

Sophia couldn’t say anything.

hand wrapped around her waist, pinning her against the

slightly parted lips

Invasion was undeniable

taught Brandon exactly how to stir Sophia’s desires, especially when she least

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by layer under his

stand a

body too well, and her body vividly remembered all the reactions he elicited, his dominance, his tenderness, and the palpitations he caused while kissing her. Faced with Brandon’s intensifying kisses a mix of fierceness and gentleness, she was overwhelmed by

no

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uncontrollably sliding into her hair, firmly cradling her

of the time, Brandon kissed her

rare, as if

Her increasingly oxygen-starved brain tumed all her resistance

and tongue caressing hers, his

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

made it hard to speak.

his soft voice coaxing her gaze, “All the

Sophia asked breathlessly, “You’ve been acting strange these past few

thought of you ending up with another man someday. I don’t

repeating her question,

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