Chapter 364

Kent quickly agreed, "Sure thing."

Don looked at him, surprised, "Didn't peg you as a kiddo lover."

Kent kept his cool, "No biggie. As Mr. Crawley's right-hand man, I handle all sorts of personal errands for him. Taking the kid for a spin every now and then is no sweat."

Don nodded as it made sense, "True that."

Brandon caught Kent's drift but didn't call him out on his white lie. He had no plans

to let Kent babysit. He was going to take care of his own daughter.

Sophia just smiled at Kent, keeping her lips sealed.

The two weren't officially an item yet, and it wasn't the time to stir the pot. One wrong move and they might back off.

Going with the flow was the best move.

Kent clearly saw the understanding in Brandon and Sophia's eyes and coughed awkwardly, steering the conversation back to work, "Oh, Mr. Crawley, there's an international meeting at eight tonight. I was wondering..."

"Schedule it for daytime." Brandon cut him off, "No working late."

Both Kent and Don were speechless.

Sophia was taken aback to hear "no working late" coming from Brandon of all people.

Back in the day, he'd drive back to the office to burn the midnight oil even after coming home if work called for it.

Sophia glanced at Theresa, quietly eating, and had to admit that Brandon might really turn out to be a great dad.

would be the girl to

a mix of relief and complexity in her heart,

Brandon a thumbs up, "Looks like you're

and privy to the details of Brandon and Sophia's marriage, coughed lightly and chimed in, "Mr. Crawley's taking time for his wife

with a chuckle, grabbing

himself a drink, downed it in one go,

with newfound seriousness,

"Thanks."

"Thanks."

a toast. The mood at lunch

knew his back story like the back of his hand and seemed keen on playing matchmaker for Sophia and Brandon. He'd bring up embarrassing childhood and teenage tales of Brandon, giving Sophia a peek

the whole time, listening to the guys dish out Brandon's skeletons. It was

two years of their marriage, yet here she was,

she wasn't excited or looking forward to this

unpleasant feeling. She missed the heart-flutters from her student days and early marriage when she'd hear snippets about him from

and subtly shifted the

sensed the tension and smoothly redirected the talk

around wide-eyed with curiosity

turned to Theresa and asked, "Theresa, have you got

Theresa nodded, "Yep."

Sophia, who also nodded, "I'm

and Kent followed suit, "We're all

his watch and motioned for

stood up, taking the bill from the

taking the bill from Kent's hand and readying his phone to scan the

ID and cut it off, only

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