Chapter 121

Sophia was left speechless, thrown off balance by his relentless argument. She felt like she’d lost the plot and without realizing it, her confidence took a nosedive.

But Brandon was still on the offensive, “Sophia, you’ve crashed and burned under my watch five times already. Are you really willing to gamble your future on a sixth?”

Sophia managed a forced smile, “That’s a pretty bleak way to put it.”

“What’s there to be bleak about? You’re over it anyway, right? To you, I’m just another Joe Blow, no different from any Tom, Dick, or Harry on the street. Doesn’t that make it easier for you to focus on your career?”

Sophia pretended not to catch the sarcasm in his voice and kept her lips tightly sealed.

Brandon then sat back, stretched his long arm behind his seat, pulled out a contract and a pen, and handed them to her, “Sign this.”

Sophia glanced at it. It was the same contract he had shoved into her hands at the restaurant, just a fresh copy, probably one of several he had printed out.

Sophia didn’t reach out to take it.

“I need more time to think about it.”

Brandon turned to look at her, “How much more time?”

Sophia didn’t know. Her emotions had been a rollercoaster today, and she hadn’t had a moment to stop and think it all through. “I can only give you a week and a half.”

“The new company launches next Friday. If you’re not there, consider it a forfeit,” Brandon said as he thrust the contract into her hands. “If you don’t show, I’ll replace you on the Zenithan-style resort project. I’d rather ditch the plan than have to bring someone new on board halfway through.”

Without waiting for her to respond, he started the car again, “I’ll drop you back at the hotel.”

After dropping Sophia off at the hotel and just as he got back into his car, Don called.

“How are you two doing?” Don sounded worried on the phone, “Everything okay?”

“It’s fine.”

“And the designer, I mean Sophia.” Don corrected himself, “How’s she holding up? Is she feeling better?”

“She’s fine.”

taking it? And the position of head

“I don’t know.”

what to say.

said, “If she shows, she

“It would

see your star designer is ready to pay up

at a loss for words, “Alright, I’ll figure something else

cut in, “How long has Sophia been at

“A year.”

out

was puzzled by the question, “What could be out of the ordinary for a girl? Just the

had a kid behind your back, are you? That’s not likely. I met her the first time you came to Wye City,

her classmate’s

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“Huh?”

talk

Don hung up with Brandon and called

was still in his car downstairs at

but stopped midway, thinking it over. She was close to Sophia, and it might not

backed out, took one last look at the

home but went to the

in an old villa in the West district. Even though it was over twenty years old, the house didn’t look

in that house until she was over five

move, but the Frost patriarch feared that if they did, Yolanda wouldn’t be able to find her way

his pajamas ready for bed. Hearing that Brandon had come, he made an effort despite being unwell, “Brandon,

up the stairs,

top of the staircase,

since that incident in Wye

Martin, then turned to

lit up with excitement, “So you came especially for

to Martin, “Tell Yolanda to come down, Brandon’s looking for her.”

did you know Yolanda was

“I heard.”

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