Chapter 64

Sophia got jolted awake by her phone’s alarm.

She had a class later at 4 PM and had set the alarm on purpose.

Waking up, she didn’t spot Brandon in the room, but saw the note he stuck on the door. It read in bold black marker.

“Got a thing at the office, just next door. Call me when you wake up.”

Sophia reached out and ripped the note off the door.

Brandon’s handwriting was on point, as pleasing to the eye as printed text.

Back in their school days, Sophia was always wowed by Brandon’s penmanship – a blend of envy and admiration for that effortless elegance and strength that she just couldn’t mimic.

Some folks just ace it in every little detail.

It had been a hot minute since Sophia last saw Brandon’s writing, and it was still a sight for sore eyes.

She spaced out for a sec, staring at the words on the note, then tucked it away and scanned the room The note had the time on it; he’d been out for over an hour, probably something urgent.

no sign of Brandon.

when he did, it

Brandon was miles ahead of many other

to Brandon. Lately, she’d been super sleepy, dozing off after lunch without getting

when working, she didn’t call, instinctively thinking to hit him up on WhatsApp. Only when she pulled out her phone did she remember she’d deleted him from WhatsApp after their divorce, never expecting any future run-ins. But now. After a

his bedroom door, quickly got her stuff together, and

Starlight Hotel was huge, tons of rooms on each floor, and Brandon had gone for the quietest,

it was the off-season. She reached the

She sidestepped just in time but still stumbled, saved by a

man’s

Martin. It was that same dazed feeling she got the other day

aback too, his eyes resting on her face, both of them lost in a moment of

neighboring elevator just in time to see the two, Martin’s hand still unwittingly on Sophia’s arm, sporting that

both

Sophia’s arm and he cleared his throat

snapped out of

Martin still held her arm, instinctively tried

and let go.

a sheepish smile. “No, I should apologize.

Martin again, his eyes helplessly drawn to her face, lost once

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