Chapter 499

Sophia instinctively clutched her phone to her chest, her over-the-top nervous reaction causing Brandon to pause mid-action, his gaze shifting to the phone pressed against her heart.

Realizing she might've overreacted, Sophia cleared her throat and quickly changed the subject, "You done with your shower?"

"Yeah." Brandon nodded, his eyes lingering on the phone she was pressing to her chest, "Are you chatting with someone?"

"Not really, just a jade carver. I'm thinking of buying some stuff from her."

Sophia spoke, calmly and slowly placing her phone down.

Brandon glanced at her phone and said, "Just buying something, why all the jitters?"

"I'm not nervous." Sophia's voice wavered, betraying her, "It's just that you came in so quietly, no footsteps or anything, and then you just spoke up out of nowhere. It scared the bejesus out of me, that's all."

Her voice was so unconvincing that even she wouldn't buy it.

of her, unmoving, watching her

her yarn.

the charade, her hand gripping

actually wanted to wait until the necklace was ready to give it to him, along with that scarf

his hand, "Can I take a look at

time Brandon asked to

started her job. Back then, Brandon didn't know about Theresa, but he seemed to sense something in the video chat she had with Theresa. Like now, he extended his hand, wanting to see her

asked instead of just reaching out for it without a word, relying

Sophia didn't feel the overwhelming pressure she did the last time, the kind that made her

twitched. She roughly remembered where the photo was, no need to scroll yet. She'd only exchanged a couple of messages with the jade carver, hadn't

it, slowly lifted the phone, and in that moment, she

was indeed with

make this? Need

of measurements followed,

reply, and Sophia responded

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