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.

was queuing up for food, the line stretching out

back. Their eyes met just as Brandon glanced

with an intensity she couldn't decipher, a mix of sudden delight and chill

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

a half-hearted smile as a greeting and quietly shifted to the side,

instinctively glance back. He noticed Brandon staring at

Brandon and lacking the awe due

catching up, saw Brandon still holding the curtain 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 greeted

"Mm-hmm." And she politely reciprocated,

totally slipped

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

a look, said nothing, but calmly

with Ivan and others, were casually chatting in the queue. Once Brandon joined, the chatter died down

who was usually quite chatty,

a round and looked up, curious, to find Brandon at the back

look and simply grunted an acknowledgment, without further

around curiously when she heard the voice and waved a friendly hello to

managed to formally address him as

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