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.

child did briefly return

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

want to touch on this

though Sophia made that decision without his consent, Brandon knew he had no right to blame

daughter-in-law, with no added happiness

to end the marriage, to stop walking that path with him, to start anew, wasn’t wrong at

spoke so frankly about why she needed him to release her, he should’ve just honored their

other well.

familiar spasms in his stomach

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

press against his stomach, glanced in the direction Sophia

without a second look

withdrew his gaze and started the

took the

floor, she saw Brandon’s car slowly leaving the

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

was simply a matter of incompatibility between her

it about coercion. It was a result of unilateral wishes.

work after their wedding or

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to be the one she wanted, creating this

him. Even when she saw his lonely and vulnerable side, she couldn’t help feeling sorry for him.

she could now rationally control

or look back,

grew smaller in

one to the right.

she returned to the office, Cindy was already anxiously waiting. “Did

but look behind her as she walked in and, not seeing Brandon, he frowned slightly, putting down his work and standing up to approach Sophia.

a more serious tone, concern barely concealed in

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