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.

his phone and

walk away

tempted to click but then steeling himself not to. He chucked the

table, crying uncontrollably, her face the picture of

picked it up once more, unbuckled his seatbelt, swung the car door open, and stepped out. His

at the door

he asked

fine,” but all that came out was a choked

when suddenly a shadow loomed, a hand grabbed Sophia’s arm, and pulled her to

cut short as he looked up to see Brandon’s expressionless,

Brandon left Don with a “Remember to pay the bill” and then whisked Sophia

was left

as Sophia was hauled off, stumbling along

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