Chapter 177

Sophia played it cool, pretending not to catch the hint of sarcasm in his tone, and kept mum.

"Sorry."

Peeping her silence, Brandon murmured an apology, his voice soft.

He didn't mean to piss Sophia off, but her deliberate aloofness and calm somehow managed to poke at the beast inside him, stirring up a hidden rage.

Sophia cracked a small smile, not really sweating his snark from before.

The place was buzzing, and Marian couldn't quite make out their convo, but she wasn't one for sitting on the sidelines feeling out of the loop.

Grabbing some skewers that someone had passed over, she handed one to Sophia. "Have a kebab."

Then she tossed one over to Brandon. "Hey, grab a skewer, will ya?"

That kind of upfront vibe wasn't something Sophia ever brought to the table with Brandon.

Even back in high school, when she could let her hair down around him, the most she could muster was to sidle up to him with a skewer, cheeks puffed, asking shyly, "Want a kebab? There's some left."

No way she could match Marian's no-frills straightforwardness.

Sophia even had this sneaking suspicion that someone as straight-shooting as Marian was more Brandon's type.

The childhood sweetheart thing, the matching family backgrounds,—it all seemed like a match made in heaven.

No wonder both families were going nuts trying to play Cupid.

ever the graceful one, scooted a bit towards the fire, ducking down so as not to block

and the calm in his

"Thanks, but no thanks."

offer with a quiet thanks, without taking the

slightly deflated, quipped, "You're

just chomped down on her skewer, not caring

stared into the bonfire, deep in

steal a glance at

just kept his gaze

still grabbed a drink someone handed her and called out to him. "Yo, want a

it, the

catch the bottle one-handed as it flew

help but look

he's

at that, and glanced over at Sophia out of

seemed not to notice, her gaze shifting from the fire to her phone, already distancing herself

she was intentionally fading into the background, clearing the space for Marian and

obvious details and couldn't help but wonder

poker face, eyes

phone buzzed with

screen caught Don's eye, and he spotted the name

followed to Sophia's phone, pausing at the blinking "Susan," then

apologetic smile. "I

this time, it

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