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?”

froze, shooting her

dropping involuntarily, not

He grasped her chin and lifted her face to

said. “No

Sophia was speechless.

she rushed to

you seriously,”

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

her alcohol-fueled brain

in, “You want me, don’t

inched closer, “you’ve had a taste, and you know we’re compatible;

find that?” he

point at

could find someone better than you if I tried,” Sophia finally found

countered. “The guys you could pick

me.”

Sophia was silent.

straightened up slightly, leisurely fixing

she struggled to get up, but Brandon caught her wrist, and she

in again, his eyes calm, “What are you scared of?

her head and trying to push him away with her hand against his chest, though she couldn’t budge him. Brandon leaned down and kissed her again

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