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.

her, unmoving, watching her

her yarn.

the charade, her hand gripping the phone, feeling

the necklace was ready to give it to him, along with

reached out his hand, "Can I

Brandon asked

know about Theresa, but he seemed to sense something

reaching out for it without a word, relying on a steely gaze and an imposing aura to

pressure she did the last

to scroll yet. She'd only exchanged a couple of messages with the jade carver, hadn't flipped

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

screen; the top conversation was indeed with the jade carver, and

make this? Need

of measurements followed,

a "can do" reply, and Sophia responded with "Can I have it

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