Chapter 166

“I’m heading out,” she murmured under her breath..

Brandon didn’t utter a word, his hand frozen in mid-air after she pushed it away, his gaze complex as he watched her. Sophia’s eyes were downcast, avoiding his gaze.

She didn’t dare look at him. This version of Brandon would just make her heartache and go all mushy.

She turned and shoved open the car door.

Brandon watched her, his hand twitched but ultimately didn’t reach out, silently observing as she got out of the car.

He didn’t stop her, nor did he dare to.

Sophia had told him many times to let her go, but never as bluntly and thoroughly as this time.

So blunt that he felt like a total jerk, unworthy of bothering her.

Maybe Sophia was right.

He didn’t care for her enough, failing to notice her needs, her grievances.

During those two years of marriage, he took her company for granted.

He relished her quiet presence, her companionship, but never pondered what she got out of the marriage.

She was smart, hardworking, had her own career and wealth. The money she earned was more than enough to satisfy her material desires. So, she didn’t need marriage for material pleasure, let alone to climb social ladders.

She never chased after such superficial things.

They married because of a child, but that child didn’t stay.

Over the following year, he considered her health and insisted on not having kids.

briefly return after the

those words “termination of pregnancy” on the yellowed hospital report,

touch

consent, Brandon knew he had no right to

marriage brought nothing but the shackles of being a Crawley daughter-in-law, with no

the marriage, to stop walking that path with him, to

to release her, he should’ve just

each other

his stomach

was an emotional organ. Every emotion in the heart could manifest as a physical response in

his stomach, glanced in the direction Sophia left, but her

and without a second look back nor would she

his gaze and started the car’s

the

the first floor, she saw Brandon’s car slowly leaving the company gate.

her mind replaying Brandon’s hand suspended in mid-air and his

marriage was simply a matter of incompatibility between her and

of love, nor was it about coercion. It was a result of unilateral wishes.

work after their wedding or not caring about her; she just wasn’t the one he truly

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happened to be the one she wanted, creating this

never blamed Brandon, nor did she hate him. Even when she saw his lonely and vulnerable side, she couldn’t help feeling sorry

rationally control these

stop or look back, just moved

grew smaller in

the left, one to

returned to the office, Cindy was already anxiously waiting. “Did that guy bother you with

office. He couldn’t help but look behind her as she walked in and, not seeing Brandon, he frowned slightly, putting down his work and standing up

with a more serious tone, concern

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