Chapter 255

Brandon sneaked a glance at her, noticing she was getting squished and having a hard time turning around. He shuffled a tiny step to the side, making some room for her.

A thoughtful, subtle gesture.

Sophia felt a little warmth in her heart and wanted to say "thanks," but seeing the crowd, she bit her tongue and stayed quiet, just quietly standing next to Brandon.

When the elevator stopped at the next floor, more people squeezed in.

The already tight space got even tighter.

Sophia had no choice but to inch closer to Brandon, her forearm brushing against

the back of his arm, fitting together like puzzle pieces.

Their familiar body heat transferred through the fabric of their clothes.

It was a bit awkward for Sophia.

She carefully tried to move her arm back, but before she could, she got jostled

and her fingers accidentally hooked onto Brandon's.

The warm touch zapped through their skin on contact.

Brandon gave her a look.

Sophia's cheeks flared up. "Sorry."

Her awkward apology came out as her fingers, still hooked with his, reluctantly unclasped, leaving her with a strange, inexplicable feeling.

Cindy, standing right next to Sophia, saw her cheeks blazing and got worried. "Director Yearwood, what's wrong?"

Her voice was loud, drawing everyone's attention.

They all saw the unusual redness on her face.

your face so red?"

offered an awkward smile. "Too many people here, feeling a bit short of

fingers,

she panicked, the more she

from the crowd,

herself in a hole and, in a moment of resignation, gave up trying,

her embarrassment was soothed

help but

on the elevator doors, his

felt grateful and

elevator doors soon opened at the third

People filed out.

also let go of Sophia's fingers and

face and hesitated before softly speaking

a

and caught up with her

took a last look at her retreating figure before

about the upcoming groundbreaking ceremony for the Zenithan-style resort

Star-Dempsey Architects' first project and also the Starlight Group's own venture, so Don was particularly invested in

rarely attended meetings, was

wasn't in the

was seated to the

right, with Ivan next

was directly opposite

seating arrangement piled on the pressure

despite being the largest shareholder of Star Dempsey Architects, was just there to attend the meeting and didn't need to speak

the whole time without moving, just calmly watching Don speak, arms crossed, expression barely changing, occasionally

did notice

one crazy day and two nights, or the pressure Brandon brought in the workplace, every look from him made her feel

best behavior, not daring to breathe too loud. Thankfully, around noon, there

meeting wasn't over yet and to save time, Don had

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