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,

her yarn.

up the charade, her hand gripping

was ready to give it to

his hand, "Can I take a look

second time Brandon asked

a company team-building activity not long after she started her job. Back then, Brandon didn't know about Theresa, but he seemed to sense something in the video chat

reaching out for it without a word, relying on a steely

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

photo was, no need to scroll yet. She'd only exchanged a couple of messages with the

she hit

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

make this?

measurements followed,

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

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