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.

hadn’t actually considered missing it after

an all–nighter working on a design

as long as you’re here,” Sylvia said, leading her to their

atmosphere at the ceremony was buzzing, most people

a spot for them already and guided Sophia through the crowd to sit at the back of

and gave Sophia a polite nod, sliding over to

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necessary academic and professional interactions, they hadn’t had much to do with each other, maintaining the same relationship as

bustling in and, upon seeing Sophia, raised her eyebrows in surprise and greeted her, “Whoa, Sophia, you’re here too! Haven’t seen

swamped with work recently, not many classes left at school, so I

going on at school anyway. Everyone’s busy job hunting, hardly anyone’s hanging around

mumbled away, plopping down next to

in the day, she loved to catch up with Sophia, but these past couple of years Sophia seemed super 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

watched as Marian settled in beside her and said

college leaders and professors were mostly seated

grads were decked out in their

rodeo as a student, nor her first graduation, but sitting in her dream college in her gown felt surreal, like

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

flew by so fast, it felt

the MC grabbed the mic and stepped up, reminding everyone that the ceremony was about to start and to set their

was about to silence her phone, it rang.

out what was said over the din, but she saw Sophia’s expression turn serious. Sophia whispered a soft “Okay, I’ll be right back”

up. Sophia had already

pulled up to the school’s entrance.

eyes slowly

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

and buildings, he couldn’t actually see anything.

even know why he came.

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

his seatbelt with one hand, and

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in her academic dress, hurried

the drop–off

pressed the lock button on his keys, and made

a red taxi pulled up in front of Sophia.

accidentally

cab.

apologized awkwardly and got into the

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

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