Chapter 278

Sophia's vision was a bit blurry, but for some reason, she got hooked on the cocktail of emotions swirling in his eyes and zoned out staring at them.

Brandon just silently watched her, not saying a word.

After a while, his hand, hanging by his side, twitched, and then he raised it, gently brushing away the stray hair the wind had whipped onto her forehead.

The moment his fingertip touched her hair, Sophia snapped back to reality, tilting her head slightly and awkwardly dodged his reaching hand.

Brandon looked at her, his expression unaltered by the interaction.

"Martin hit you up, didn't he?" he asked softly, gazing at her.

Sophia let out a laugh, shaking her head lightly, "Nah, it was just some work stuff, nothing major."

Brandon nodded, picking up on her reluctance to dive into details. He didn't pry and simply said, "You know, Martin can be a bit off the wall sometimes. You don't have to bother with him."

Sophia nodded in agreement, "Mhm."

Brandon glanced across the street at the mall, then turned back to her, "Fancy grabbing a bite?"

and turned him down, "No thanks, I'm

complex. When they reached the entrance of the

he made no move

didn't linger either. After a polite nod, she turned and

followed her to the

showed no sign of

Sophia looked back at him, "Aren't you heading

said I

Sophia fell silent.

else. I don't know what Martin told you to make

"I just wanted to be there for you, in case you needed someone to talk to when you're feeling down. I

eyes reddened in an

her face away, trying to force back the tears, but it was

a move to

hand to stop

at her

steadied a bit, she took a sniff and

go have dinner outside, after all," she

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