Chapter 630

Brandon didn't catch Ivan's murmur as he drifted into the crowd.

He just shuffled into the masses on autopilot.

The calm hustle and bustle around him kept rolling, but the party was clearly not his scene.

His once racing heart had mellowed after a series of high-stakes gambles, and what was once anticipation had turned into a hopeless void.

"In this day and age, how can someone just lose touch with their family?"

"You and your kin never treated her right when she was alive. Now she's been gone for months, and not only can't you let her rest in peace, but you're also plastering her face everywhere and making a big fuss... She loved her quiet, low- key life, so why are you still dragging her through the mud even after she's gone?"

Harvey Ferber's retort and Ivan's accusations kept slashing at him, tearing into his already battered heart until it bled anew.

The distorted body in the morgue and the fleeting glimpse of a silhouette seen by chance haunted his mind, making his shaky convictions waver even more.

person in the morgue was Sophia, his attempts to find her in another stranger would be nothing but another

of potentially harming her again,

to the construction site only to hear she had fallen

left the house had become

he didn't realize that the agony of never seeing her again, day after day, would be an ever-present, tangible

eye through the window, and Brandon was suddenly reminded of the afternoon he learned she was leaving with Theresa. He rushed to the

the first time he saw her

felt

memory was so beautiful he wished time could have stood still, but it was cruelly contrasted with the

at the clothes in the window, Brandon had unknowingly come to a stop, standing there, lost in thought, unable to

with a standout presence, his dazed

couldn't help but sneak peeks at Brandon, hesitant to approach but nudging their companions to take a look, their steps

the area had become somewhat

the clerk to deliver it to her room, Sophia hurried out of the shop, knowing Harvey Ferberwould be looking

store entrance was a flurry of activity. Just as Sophia stepped out, her phone rang - it

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