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 a fierce glare.

her eyelids dropping involuntarily, not

chin and lifted her face

benefits it is,” he said. “No strings attached, no responsibilities to each other.”

Sophia was speechless.

talking nonsense,” she rushed to

you seriously,” Brandon

we’re both single,” he continued, his voice calm. “We don’t need to

not that.” Sophia tried to object, but her alcohol-fueled brain couldn’t find

“You want me, don’t you?”

taste, and you know we’re compatible; you don’t have to worry about getting a dud.”

find

point at all.

if I

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

me.”

Sophia was silent.

up slightly, leisurely fixing his tie.

realization, and she struggled to get up, but Brandon caught

again, his eyes calm, “What are you scared of? Wasn’t this

him away with her hand against his chest, though she couldn’t budge him. Brandon leaned down and

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