Chapter 172

Brandon shot her a glance, his lips twitching slightly, but in the end, he said zilch, just strolled past her without missing a beat.

Sophia kept her cool as she stepped into the elevator.

Their shoulders brushed only for a split second.

Each with a poker face, they caught glimpses of each other in the corner of their eyes-no hellos, no pauses in their strides.

As soon as Sophia was in the elevator, her hand darted to the buttons.

Fresh off the clock, Augus was hustling out of the office with his black messenger bag, spotted Sophia in the elevator, and lit up, giving her a wave.

"Sophia!"

He was making a beeline towards Sophia.

Brandon paused his step for a heartbeat, then calmly headed back to the office.

In the fleeting moment he turned towards Don's office, Brandon caught sight of Sophia pressing the elevator's hold button, looking at the guy striding towards her, her face set with that polite, mild smile she always wore.

It dawned on Brandon that it had been ages since Sophia had flashed that smile

his way.

When he got back to Don's office, Don picked up on Brandon's sour face right away.

"Everything cool with you?" he asked, a touch concerned.

He'd dropped by to see Brandon last night, and the guy had the same distracted air about him then.

gone down between him and Sophia-couldn't get a

he definitely got vibes that Brandon was off his game, couldn't quite put his finger on it, but it felt like there was less pep in his step-not that he ever had much to

his gaze. "I'm

"I'm good" card, he wasn't going

sigh, gave Brandon a solid pat on the shoulder, and handed over

steering clear of dropping

casually taking

familiar style hit his eyes, he zoned out,

the flicker

good, stop hanging onto each other;

shot him a look, said nothing, flipping through the proposal, noting the adjustments

her take on the changes he, as the client, had

proposal. "This'll do. Pass it on to my dad

nodded. "Sure, will

grazing the design proposal. After a moment's silence, he

taken aback, surprised Brandon

guy, sunny and funny," Don said, "good at charming the ladies, so he's quite

"No girlfriend?"

Don was speechless.

of scoop Brandon

confirmed, something he

looked

all the rage these days, the dynamic opposite of Sophia, probably the complementary type she'd mentioned looking

seem to be any sparks between Sophia

funny, good-looking guy-like Kent said, few women could

and girlish around another guy, but

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