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.

bit towards the fire, ducking down so as not to block the

look, and the calm in his eyes

"Thanks, but no thanks."

brushed off Marian's offer with a quiet thanks, without taking the

slightly deflated, quipped, "You're

just chomped down on her skewer, not caring if it was ladylike or

stared into the bonfire, deep

help but steal a

way, just kept his gaze fixed

drink someone handed her and

said it, the bottle

one-handed as it flew past, tossing

but

she just giggled at him. "If he's giving it

it at that, and glanced over at Sophia out of

shifting from the fire to her phone, already distancing

but she was intentionally fading into

details and couldn't help but wonder if

poker face,

then, Sophia's phone buzzed

changing colors on her screen caught Don's eye, and he spotted the

phone, pausing at the blinking "Susan," then back to

them an apologetic smile. "I gotta take

time, it

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