Chapter 157

Sophia was zoned out, and by the time she snapped back to reality, she instinctively tried to push him away. Her palm hadn’t even touched Brandon’s shoulder when he paused his kiss and locked eyes with her.

“Sophia, you’re obviously still under my spell, still craving me. Why the resistance?” he said, his deep voice growing raspier by the second.

“I dig abalone, I love to chow down on it, but it doesn’t mean I can afford the luxury. The two aren’t mutually exclusive,” Sophia said softly, looking into his eyes. “I like you, so I’m not repelled by you physically. Heck, I might even yearn for you, but that doesn’t change the fact that I can live a perfectly fine life without you.”

Brandon stared at her intently, “Is that really ‘liking’ me,

Sophia?”

“Yes,” she whispered back, “it’s just that I’m not head over heels anymore.”

“Really?” Brandon murmured. “Sophia, someday I’ll be with someone else, get hitched, have kids, start my own family. I can’t be around forever.”

Sophia replied, “I’ll be happy for you.”

As soon as the words left her lips, Brandon’s gaze turned fierce and icy, pinning her down with his stare.

Feeling the booze kicking in and her stubborn streak rising, Sophia puffed up her cheeks and met his gaze without flinching. Brandon leaned in, hell-bent on kissing her.

In a moment of desperation, Sophia blurted out, “What, do you want us to be friends with benefits?”

her

little, her eyelids dropping involuntarily, not daring to meet Brandon’s eyes.

wasn’t having it. He grasped her chin and

it is,” he said. “No

Sophia was speechless.

was talking nonsense,” she rushed to

took you seriously,” Brandon

voice calm. “We don’t need to play the

object, but her alcohol-fueled brain couldn’t find

was already leaning in, “You want me,

inched closer, “you’ve had a taste, and you know we’re compatible; you don’t

else are you gonna find that?” he

point at all.

find someone better than you if I tried,”

something?” he countered. “The guys you could pick up out there won’t necessarily be as clean

me.”

Sophia was silent.

up slightly, leisurely

struggled to get up, but Brandon caught her wrist,

calm, “What are you scared of? Wasn’t

her head and trying to push him away with her hand against his chest, though she

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