Chapter 119

Brandon slightly turned his head away, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down intensely.

Without uttering a peep, he spun around to grab the contract from the table, his hands grasping each corner in a top-bottom, left-right motion. “Yeah, I did sign this contract on the fly. But this design proposal, it wasn’t just me, alright? The whole design department gave it the thumbs up, unanimously. Everyone’s been jazzed about making it a reality, so I played a bit fast and loose, jumping the gun without so much as a by-your-leave.”

He snatched up Sophia’s hand and shoved the contract into it with a thud. “Here’s your contract back, now it’s in your court to

decide its fate.”

With that, Brandon turned on his heel and made his exit.

“Hey.” Don tried to stop him in a panic, but the words got stuck in his throat the moment he felt Brandon’s icy mug, leaving him to only watch Brandon walk away until he was out of sight. His eyes, filled with concern, then darted back to Sophia.

Sophia was teetering on the edge of a meltdown, tears plopping down as she sat down at the table, hands covering her mouth as she tried desperately to rein in her emotions, but to no avail. The tears came harder and faster, eventually turning into uncontrollable sobs.

Don sneakily whipped out his phone and shot a

walk away

not to. He chucked the phone aside, buckled his seatbelt, and was about to floor it when he paused, grabbed his phone again, and played the video.

Sophia was at the table, crying uncontrollably, her face the picture of despair and

the phone aside again, his throat tight, but then he picked it up once more, unbuckled his seatbelt, swung the car door open, and stepped out. His hand pressed on

glancing at the

alright?” he

head slightly, trying to say “I’m fine,” but all that came out was a choked sob; she couldn’t

shadow loomed, a hand grabbed

Don’s instinct to stop was cut short as he looked

with a “Remember to pay the bill” and then

was left speechless.

Sophia was hauled off, stumbling along with

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