Chapter 141

Sophia was at home tucking the little ones in for a nap when she got the message.

The kiddo had just nodded off, and Susan was also around the house.

Sophia went dead silent for a bit when she saw the message, just zoning out while staring at her phone screen.

Susan took a shot in the dark, “Brandon?”

Sophia chuckled, “As if it’d be him.”

Then she flipped her phone towards Susan, “It’s from Don.”

Susan glanced at it, then back to Sophia, “Honestly, I think you should totally snag this job opportunity.”

She glanced at the little girl snoozing on the bed, “Just picture Theresa punching in one day, bragging to her pals all proud-like, ‘My mom designed this – how cool is that?”

She picked up the design proposal Sophia had left on the table, flipping through it with a touch of regret, “Such a killer design getting buried would be such a waste.”

Sophia glanced at the design proposal too, but kept mum.

Susan looked at her.

doesn’t make a point of showing up, you two bumping into each other in that

int

having a bun in the oven, and now to duck him, you’re gonna pass on this one? Seems like a crying shame

got pregnant, and with the early pregnancy being

of the loop for a whole year, and when she started job hunting again, it wasn’t the same as right after

but without a solid track record of a 9-to-5, employers were iffy, offering her gigs that were basically starting from scratch as an assistant.

and the experience she racked up had her itching for a shot at flying solo in design, so

she later thought about hitting

her way back to a stable spot in the design world on her own terms, the idea of giving it up felt like a waste to Susan. Sophia felt the pinch

other day, I asked Brandon if he’d ever tie the knot again, and he didn’t give me a straight answer,” Sophia glanced at the still-sleeping tyke, “If he’d just said yes or no, I

beans about the kid to him or

blow to his

wake up one day to her

no, she’d play it by ear when to break the news to him, but definitely not now.

hung up Brandon and his folks might be about the kid, whether they’d go so far as to wrestle for custody. She wouldn’t risk tipping him

and powerful. If they got it in their heads to fight for custody, Sophia wasn’t sure she could hold her ground.

grind of looking after a newborn, all that blood, sweat, and

couldn’t just give up

the glue that forced two people back

family and didn’t want to be sucked back in

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