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.

did briefly return

Sophia on the bed and those words “termination of pregnancy” on the yellowed hospital report, Brandon pressed

touch

Brandon knew he had no right to

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

to stop walking that path with him, to start anew, wasn’t

about why she needed him to

other well.

spasms in his stomach surged

say the stomach was an emotional organ. Every emotion in the heart could

in the direction Sophia left, but her figure was no longer in sight.

without a second look back nor would

withdrew his gaze and started

the stairs up.

of the lobby on the first floor, she saw Brandon’s car

and gradually disappear, her mind replaying Brandon’s hand

felt that their marriage was simply a matter

marriage wasn’t born of love, nor was it about coercion. It was a result

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

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he happened to be the one she wanted,

never blamed Brandon, nor did she hate him. Even when she saw his lonely and vulnerable side,

now rationally

stop or look back,

black sedan grew smaller in the

left, one to

already anxiously waiting.

in the 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

okay?” he asked, his usual casual demeanor replaced with a more serious tone, concern barely concealed in his eyes. Sophia offered

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