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.

in front of her, unmoving, watching

her yarn.

hand gripping the phone,

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

"Can I take a look

was the second time Brandon asked

about Theresa, but he seemed to sense something in the video chat she had with Theresa. Like now, he

out for it without a word, relying

approachable this time, Sophia didn't feel the overwhelming pressure she did the last time, the kind that made her afraid to move

roughly remembered where the photo was, no need to scroll yet. She'd only exchanged a couple

the photo, she long-pressed it, slowly lifted the phone, and in that moment, she hit "delete" and quickly confirmed. Only then, with hesitation, did she hand the phone

glanced at her phone screen; the top conversation was indeed with the jade carver, and the messages

can you make this? Need the best

string of measurements followed, quite

"can do" reply, and Sophia responded with "Can I have it by tomorrow? It's

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