Chapter 189

"What's in the fridge?"

Brandon asked, already making his way to the fridge as he spoke.

"There's nothing in it."

Before she could finish speaking, Brandon had already flung open the fridge door.

The empty fridge brought silence upon them both.

The fridge was empty and clean, with not even the power plugged in.

Brandon glanced at the unplugged cord still hanging on a hook at the back of the fridge and then turned to Sophia.

Sophia sheepishly explained, "I've just moved in not long ago, and work has been crazy, so I haven't had a chance to shop for household items."

As she finished speaking, Brandon frowned and his gaze shifted to the equally barren and clean kitchen, devoid of even the basics like oil, salt, soy sauce, pots,

and pans.

The place looked uninhabited.

Brandon looked up at the balcony, no laundry hanging, not even a towel in sight.

Sophia's gaze followed his to the balcony, and her heart skipped a beat. Instinctively, she looked at Brandon.

His eyes had moved on to the bedroom.

The kitchen door was adjacent to the main bedroom.

The bedroom door was open.

From his angle, he could see a corner of the bed, which had been simply made with a mattress and sheets.

had landed. She didn't dare to relax, and she nervously watched

work lately and hadn't had time to furnish the place, other than throwing a mattress on the

even a broom or a

obviously

living room and balcony before pausing

back in these past few days and have been pulling

voice was tinged with

a look but didn't say

didn't know if it was the pressure from Brandon or her own nerves, but her brain felt like it was running on fumes,

was struggling to keep

suggested softly, trying

She trailed off again.

was no water dispenser in the house not even a

glanced awkwardly at

clearly guessing that she had

tugged at her lips in embarrassment, unable to continue speaking. She resigned herself to whatever Brandon might think and turned to head toward the sofa to sit down and catch her breath, only to be hit by a sudden wave of dizziness that made

out to steady herself against the wall, her hand was caught

thought you just had

voice rang

instinctively gripped Brandon's hand and closed her

a bit of poor rest and insufficient blood flow to the brain, making me a little dizzy. The doctor said

the sofa. He looked at her pale face and couldn't help

me see the test

end of the sofa and pulling

results were all normal, except

on the sofa. He glanced

and went back

bare as the rest of the place, with

jars of cosmetics on the dressing table either. Brandon frowned, his gaze pausing briefly on the suitcase in

bed and came out, gently covering Sophia with

the supermarket to grab some stuff. Will you

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