Chapter 195

It was the lunch rush hour, and the elevators were packed with people.

Brandon didn't intentionally hop on the executive lift, and when it halted on the seventeenth floor, Kent caught Brandon taking a peek as the doors slid open.

It could be habit, or maybe something else. Kent figured it was probably a good idea to give Brandon a heads up that Sophia was still at the office.

"Mr. Crawley."

He called out to Brandon and was about to continue when Brandon's phone buzzed with a call.

He shot Kent a glance, but didn't start a conversation; instead, he picked up the call, shifting his focus back to the conversation at hand.

Somehow Kent suddenly understood Sophia's feelings. Every time she mustered the courage to talk with him, his phone would ring.

Knowing Brandon's ways, Kent reckoned Brandon treated Sophia no different than him; between listening to her and answering a call, Brandon always chose the latter.

Oblivious to Kent's mental gymnastics, Brandon calmly listened to the report on the other end of the line.

As the elevator doors opened, he moved with the crowd, walking and talking, his handsome face serene as ever.

was at peak chaos. Thick curtains hung at the

for food, the

back. Their

freeze, his eyes fixated on her with an intensity she couldn't decipher, a mix of sudden delight and chill that

by his reaction, Sophia felt an all-too-familiar restraint and unease around Brandon, making even a casual hello seem

greeting and quietly shifted to the side, not wanting

in line, instinctively glance back. He noticed Brandon staring at Sophia, gave him a look, then

Brandon and lacking the awe due to his CEO status, Ivan didn't

open, motionless at the cafeteria entrance, and approached in confusion. Spotting Sophia at the end of the line and Brandon's intense gaze, he chuckled awkwardly

And she politely

slipped

sneaking a peek at Brandon and explaining, "There were some details in the project that needed discussing and sorting out, so Ms. Yearwood didn't head to the airport,

but calmly let the curtain fall and lined

chatting in the queue.

usually quite chatty,

notice the sudden hush until he finished a round and looked up, curious, to find Brandon

simply grunted an acknowledgment, without

voice and waved a friendly hello

but she managed

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