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 him,

dare to disturb him

her seatbelt, turned, and pushed the door

open when suddenly a hand reached over, landing on Sophia’s,

door shut.

towards Brandon as he

eyes were deep and

propped his palm against the back of her

Sophia couldn’t say anything.

hand wrapped around her waist, pinning her against the seat.

lips were quickly

forceful Invasion was

had taught Brandon exactly how to

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stand a

and the palpitations he caused while kissing

showed no signs

Chapter 49

uncontrollably sliding into her hair, firmly cradling her neck and head, tilting it back slightly as his heavy

the time, Brandon kissed her gently

intensity was rare, as if he was venting

Her increasingly oxygen-starved brain tumed all her resistance

and tongue caressing hers, his breath gradually

forehead resting. against hers, nose to nose, sharing a breath He looked

a bit of clarity, but her uneven breaths made it hard to speak. She could only take small gasps of air, trying to settle the erratic

his soft voice coaxing her gaze, “All the incompatibilities you’ve

why?” Sophia asked breathlessly, “You’ve been acting strange these past

with another man someday.

him, repeating

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