Chapter 443

Sophia looked up and caught Brandon spacing out while staring at her. She couldn't help but flash him a grin, "What is it?"

Brandon chuckled and shook his head, "Nothing."

But his gaze didn't wander away from her; he just quietly observed her.

It was a strange thing, really. Most of the time, Sophia was just Sophia, plain old Sophia. He didn't even think about Yolanda, nearly forgot the name.

But whenever Yolanda came into the picture, his gut reaction was to protect Sophia from taking the blame.

Brandon wasn't eager to dig into the why's or face another so-called DNA test result. It just didn't matter anymore.

"Where'd you wander off to just now?" Brandon asked, changing the subject.

where your dad's staying. Hung around downstairs for a bit. I thought about checking in on him but figured it might not be cool, you know, might mess with his recovery

You don't have to worry

in front of her, and then asked softly, "Being stuck in

eyes on her. Sophia didn't look up, but her soup- stirring slowed to

"Your dad's current situation is kinda on me, at

up at Brandon, "If he can't stand me, he can't stand me. Sometimes it's just about clicking with someone, and if

you trying to say?"

a little, "don't have to force

eyes were still locked on her, his Adam's apple bobbing, "no matter how hard I try,

his words hitting her

couldn't move past it all. Every time her family and his family were involved, she just felt so drained, so tired that she wanted

mind more than anything.

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