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, taken

didn’t dare to disturb him and

she spoke, she unbuckled her seatbelt, turned, and pushed the door open to

hand reached

door shut.

towards Brandon as he

were deep and

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

Sophia couldn’t say anything.

react. His other hand wrapped around her waist, pinning her against the

slightly parted lips were quickly

was undeniable and

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

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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 the familiar scent and warmth between their

Brandon showed no

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beside her ear uncontrollably sliding into her hair, firmly cradling her

time, Brandon kissed her

as if he was

increasingly oxygen-starved brain tumed all her resistance into feeble

softened, his lips and tongue caressing hers, his

a while, he finally let her go but didn’t pull away 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

speak. She could

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

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

“I can’t stand the thought of you ending up with another man someday. I don’t want to see you with another man, he said, his voice soft and

him, repeating her

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