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.

staff cafeteria was at peak chaos. Thick

the curtains and stepped inside. Sophia was queuing up for food, the line stretching

flapped open, Sophia instinctively looked back. Their eyes met just as

Brandon's gaze and movements freeze, his eyes fixated on her with an intensity she couldn't decipher, a mix of

reaction, Sophia felt an all-too-familiar restraint and unease around Brandon, making even a

and quietly shifted to the side,

glance back. He noticed Brandon staring at Sophia, gave him a look, then turned to the now visibly

and lacking the awe due to

motionless at the cafeteria entrance, and approached in confusion. Spotting Sophia at the end of the line

she politely reciprocated, "You guys haven't eaten

totally slipped my

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

casually chatting in the

was usually quite chatty, clammed up, standing

handheld game, didn't notice the sudden hush until he finished a round and

simply

turned around curiously when she heard the voice and waved a friendly

she managed to formally address

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