Chapter 128

Sophia gave a slight nod, “Yeah, feeling a lot better.”

Her gaze drifted towards the little girl’s clothes on the bed, then slowly to Brandon.

Brandon glanced at the clothes, then back at her, his eyes calm and profound.

“Just saw it while shopping and couldn’t help myself,” Sophia said in a soft voice. “I had a ticket to fly back to Wye City tomorrow and thought I’d pick up some gifts for a friend on the way.”

“Which friend?” Brandon asked.

“Just a coworker, Sophia replied. “She’s really into traditional clothes, loves wearing it herself and dressing up kids in it. I thought it looked pretty, so I just went for it.”

Brandon just looked at her, saying nothing, his calm and deep gaze making Sophia inexplicably hold her breath. Her hands curled slightly from nervousness under the covers, but her face remained calm and gentle, as always.

Brandon glanced at the little girl’s clothes on the bed. “It’s pretty nice.”

Sophia nodded, “Mhm.”

She looked back at the clothes with a hint of regret, “Shame it got dirty.”

“Just buy another one,” Brandon suggested.

“Mhm,” Sophia responded quietly, her eyes involuntarily darting to the bag on the nightstand.

bag was still where she had placed it when she first moved in,

the habit of rummaging through her bag

Neither did she.

this, they were on the same page.

direction of Sophia’s gaze, Brandon also glanced at

facing them had a

things like bank cards, ID photos, and her phone-stuff she

the afternoon when he was getting her admitted to the hospital after she reminded him,

bit her lip, “I want to

she started to

in the zippered pocket

had rushed her to the hospital at noon after their stroll in the alley, a passerby had handed the phone back, and he’d casually slipped it into that

time, she had a vague memory of

reach the bag, Brandon had already

do it.”

view, along with two bank cards and a slightly yellowed, folded piece of

slightly at the sight of

the hospital discharge summary she had stuffed

up and throwing it away, but then hesitated and ended up stuffing it into the pocket of her

look on Sophia’s face, his gaze lingered on her for a moment, and

creased, showing clear signs of

reached for the yellowed

fell silent under Brandon’s gaze, her own eyes

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