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.

was clueless about what had gone down between him

on it, but it felt like there was less pep in his step-not

met his

he wasn't going to pry— digging deeper never got

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

was even steering clear of dropping

nodded, casually taking the

hit his eyes, he zoned

the flicker of

the shoulder. "Look, you two gotta figure this out—either cut ties for good, stop hanging onto each other; or go all in, stick it out to the bitter end. This limbo thing, it's torture,

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

the changes he,

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

"Sure,

silent again, his fingertips grazing the design proposal. After a moment's silence, he turned to Don,

taken aback, surprised Brandon even knew about

and funny," Don said, "good at charming the ladies, so he's quite the lady magnet.

"No girlfriend?"

Don was speechless.

of scoop Brandon

single," Don confirmed, something he

just looked at

that's all the rage these days, the dynamic opposite of Sophia, probably the complementary type

any sparks

a bright, funny, good-looking guy-like Kent said, few women could resist that

all shy and girlish around another guy, but the thought still stung a

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