Chapter 89

Without looking at the screen, Brandon answered.

At this hour, it could only be Kent calling.

“Mr. Crawley, Mr. Evert would like to meet with you tomorrow afternoon, what do you think?” Kent reported the next day’s schedule diligently from the other end of the line, but before he could finish, Brandon cut him off

with a flat tone.

“Not meeting him.”

“Uh?” He hadn’t heard of any recent issues between Brandon and Mr. Evert, so this sudden refusal was unexpected.

“I’ll be out of town for a few days, postpone all appointments accordingly,” said Brandon.

Kent quickly flipped through Brandon’s schedule. “But Mr. Crawley, you don’t have any trips planned. Where are you headed?”

“That’s none of your business, just make sure it’s arranged.”

After giving instructions, Brandon hung up.

Kent, still baffled, listened to the “beep beep” on the other end and looked up at his assistant, “Does Mr. Crawley have any trips scheduled?”

The assistant was just as clueless, “Not that I know of.”

Kent’s frown deepened, and he sent a message to Brandon, [Mr. Crawley, do you need me to book your flight now?[

Brandon’s reply came quickly. [No need]

Kent was puzzled.

A trip even he was kept in the dark about?

Sophia made it to the graduation venue just in the nick of time.

She’d left home a bit late that morning and made a last–minute stop at the studio to discuss some creative ideas for the traditional resort project with Don – the client was pressing hard. She rushed to the venue right after their meeting.

By the time she arrived, the graduation ceremony was about to start. The place was decorated to the nines, most of the students were already there, still scrambling for seats or huddled in groups chatting away.

Sylvia had been waiting for Sophia at the entrance and quickly grabbed her when she saw her hurrying over, “You made it! I was beginning to think you’d skip the graduation.”

It wasn’t just her concern. Sophia wasn’t much for group activities.

Although the graduation ceremony was significant, it wasn’t mandatory for getting the degree and diploma, so it wasn’t like she had to be there.

missing it after all, you only graduate

about that.” Sophia gave Sylvia an apologetic look. “Pulled an all–nighter working on a design and overslept, then I dashed to

here,” Sylvia

atmosphere at the ceremony was buzzing,

already and guided Sophia through the crowd

there and gave Sophia a polite nod, sliding over to

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and work over the last two years, and aside from necessary academic and professional interactions, they hadn’t had much to do with each other, maintaining the same relationship as

greeted her, “Whoa, Sophia, you’re here too! Haven’t seen much of

work recently, not many classes left at school, so I haven’t

biggie. There’s not much going on at school anyway. Everyone’s busy job hunting, hardly

down next to Sophia.

busy. Sophia was always in a rush to classes and quick to leave, never showing up for group activities. Aside from the occasional classroom hellos, they hardly ever got a chance to connect. Tracking down Sophia outside of class was pretty much a wild goose chase.

said nothing,

professors were mostly

grads were decked out in their academic regalia, the air thick with graduation

sitting in her dream college in her

ago, she never imagined she’d one day be part of the School of Architecture,

fast, it felt unreal.

stepped up, reminding everyone that the ceremony was about

was about to silence her

the din, but she saw Sophia’s expression turn serious. Sophia whispered a soft “Okay, I’ll be right back” before turning to Sylvia beside her, saying she had to dash because something came up, and

a chance to stop her and ask what was up. Sophia had already slipped

Cayenne slowly pulled up to the school’s entrance.

car, his eyes

the campus was buzzing with students taking graduation photos, and music from the ceremony could be heard, all steeped in graduation atmosphere. Brandon’s gaze drifted past the gate, looking towards the source

and buildings, he couldn’t

didn’t even know why

Sophia’s big day, and out of the blue, he wanted to see her in her gown, to

his seatbelt with

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her academic dress, hurried out of the gate

drop–off area.

on his keys, and made his way

taxi pulled up

in her haste, accidentally bumped into another

cab.

Sophia apologized awkwardly and got into the

a moment, his brows knitting together. He turned his head just in time to see

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