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.

other options, Don sneakily whipped out his phone and shot a

seriously just gonna walk away like

in his car, staring blankly at Don’s message, his finger hovering over the video, tempted to click but then steeling himself not to. He chucked the phone aside, buckled his seatbelt, and was about to

crying uncontrollably, her face the picture

tossed 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 the electronic lock, and

Sophia cry with growing anxiety, repeatedly glancing at the door and then back at her, handing

alright?” he asked

fine,” but all that came out was a

a hand

stop was cut short as

a “Remember to pay the

left speechless.

as Sophia was hauled off,

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