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

seeing pale-faced Sophia on the bed and those words “termination of pregnancy” on the yellowed

touch on

without his consent, Brandon knew he had no right to blame

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

walking that

to release her, he should’ve

other

spasms in his

Every emotion in the heart could manifest as a physical response in

against his stomach, glanced in the direction Sophia left,

a second look back nor would she

gaze and started

took the stairs

the first floor, she

numbly watched the black sedan turn a corner and gradually disappear, her mind replaying Brandon’s

simply a matter of incompatibility

love, nor was it about coercion. It was a result

nothing wrong with Brandon being engrossed in his work after their wedding or not caring about her; she just wasn’t

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he happened to be the

she hate him. Even when she saw

now rationally control

look back, just

grew

the left, one to the

already anxiously waiting. “Did

behind her as she walked in and, not seeing Brandon, he frowned slightly, putting down his work and standing up

tone, concern barely

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