Chapter 81

Brandon didn’t respond. He lingered at the door for a moment, then strode away.

Sophia watched his retreating figure, sitting on the bed motionless, not even realizing when her fingers had hit the answer button on the phone until Susan’s voice, laced with concem, broke through, “Sophia? What’s up?”

Sophia snapped back to reality, peering at her phone screen through a blurry gaze, she saw Susan’s worried face.

“What’s wrong? Susan’s voice softened, tinged with caution.

Sophia shook her head slightly. “It’s nothing.”

Susan asked, “Did Brandon come over?”

Sophia nodded gently, “Yeah.”

“So, did you guys?” She hesitated, glancing at Sophia, wanting to ask if Brandon had managed to stop her, but seeing Sophia clad in the hospital gown with puffy eyes, the words got stuck in her throat. Instead, she shifted to a gentle reassurance, “It’s alright, there’s no hurdle we can’t get over”

Sophia managed a weak smile, “Yeah.”

and got a waiter to take it up to her. He didn’t leave, just stood at

He had imagined countless times what their child might look like, whether like him or Sophia, or a mix of both. He had fantasized about every step

as his emotions rolled, filled with the scene of Sophia with tear–filled eyes begging him to let her go. The stomach cramps worsened, but then his thoughts drifted back to that summer years

look in her

the DNA report from his pocket, crisply tore it in

it away, but then his hands paused mid–air, frozen. After a long silence, he withdrew his hands, pocketing the crumpled DNA

into

stood outside the ward, a short distance away,

and Sophia took a few

lay down and drifted into a shallow sleep. Only then did he finally enter the ward, bending down to gently tuck

met silently, then both looked away.

her in, “Take

uttered a soft “Mhm,

for a while, then his

folded on the bed. Brandon

and third day, Brandon didn’t seek out Sophia, just busied himself with work at the hotel,

Brandon waited Sophia’s school, but

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