Chapter 606

"Who's that?" Susan blurted out.

She never thought she'd see the day when Brandon would be humming and

hawing over whether to delete a WhatsApp message or not. It just didn't seem like

his style.

She figured only lovebirds caught up in romance had those kinds of dilemmas, but Brandon...

She couldn't help but sneak a peek at Brandon, then back at the WhatsApp he was brooding over, though she couldn't make heads or tails of it from the message itself.

Brandon had already pocketed his phone and turned to her, "Sorry for the hassle tonight."

Susan chuckled, "No sweat, I'm just babysitting Theresa for Sophia."

She'd been tiptoeing around mentioning Sophia in front of Brandon, knowing full well that it was a torture to him. Every time someone dropped Sophia's name around him, it was like a stab in the chest.

of discomfort had sprouted within her - feeling it wasn't fair to

cleanly, so decisively. Now, she didn't have a clue who was on

guy waffle like that had to be a girl. Even though Sophia was gone and Brandon had every right to

shown this kind of hesitation with another woman, not even with Sophia. He hadn't hesitated for a second when Sophia brought

now, all because of a WhatsApp contact, Brandon waffled. A wave of sympathy for Sophia surged, and Susan nearly choked up at the

name.

cool." Susan quickly apologized, but her straight-shooting nature added, "I can't recall you ever showing any hesitation with Sophia. You always dealt with her matters so

pressed his lips, silent. He turned and pushed open the door to

Susan stood still, unmoved. She knew her words had hit a

bottled up and they stewed in discomfort; let

who was nearby and had overheard their exchange, whispered to Susan, "Mr. Crawley's having a rough time too, plagued with insomnia.

her lips, said nothing, and couldn't bring

head back. Please take

as a soft reminder. Grace nodded and saw

desk and slumped into his office chair, hands clasped together against

breathing grew tight, too, from the sudden clench of his heart, forcing him to gulp in deep

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