Chapter 169

Back in the day, Sophia was in the same grade as everyone else but looked way younger and greener than her peers.

She was the new kid on the block, transferring in mid-term, and all the front-row seats were already taken.

The only vacancy left was next to Brandon, the tall dude chilling solo in the back

row.

Brandon was a skyscraper of a guy who wasn't exactly Mr. Sociable, so he'd voluntarily claimed the last row corner spot as his own little island.

When Sophia showed up and there were zero extra seats in class, the teacher had no choice but to park her next to him.

But since Brandon was ace at academics and the teacher knew his lone wolf vibe, they were careful to consider his feelings. After Sophia's brief intro, the teacher scoped out the room, saw the only empty seat was by Brandon, and politely threw him the question. "Brandon, mind if Sophia sits next to you?"

teacher finished, the class went nuts, everyone craning their necks to get a

steal a glance at Sophia at

all kinds of awkward, with a side of jittery when she looked his

through her jitters-probably had him pegged for the kind of

in

for grabs, it's not like he could have her standing at the door for class, so

heap of trouble for

didn't have the guts to gawk at him openly, so they all sneakily sized up Sophia, as if trying to spot the reason he

even more on edge. When she finally took the seat next to him,

"sorry" filled with caution and regret. Her big round eyes were a bit lost, probably deep down convinced

didn't bother to shatter her little

string of sorries, he just coolly said, "No worries," which clearly eased Sophia's mind a bit, the nervy look in her eyes slowly turning into

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