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.”

the hospital. He didn’t deliver it himself. He paid for the delivery service and got a waiter to take it up

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

his stomach churning with familiar spasms 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

her, the obedient and tranquil look in her eyes, which were so clearly the eyes

report from his pocket, crisply tore it

ball, ready to throw it away, but then his hands paused mid–air, frozen. After a long silence, he withdrew his hands, pocketing the crumpled DNA report once more, looked towards the hospital, and then turned to walk

into the

stood outside the ward, a short distance away, peering through the slightly ajar door at

a few bites before setting it aside,

drifted into a shallow sleep. Only then did he finally enter the

silently, then

in, “Take

“Mhm, and closed her eyes.

bed for a while, then

take the call, and when he returned, the room was empty, the hospital gown and blanket neatly folded on the bed. Brandon chuckled and shook his head, not bothering to investigate where Sophia had gone, and went back to his hotel alone.

himself with work

day, Brandon waited Sophia’s

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