Chapter 656

Noticing that Brandon was sneakily checking her out, Sophia looked up, puzzled.

"What's up?" she asked.

Brandon just shook his head, "Nah, it's nothing."

That short reply left Sophia kind of hanging, not really sure how to keep the conversation going.

She gave a polite smile, skirted around the foot of the bed, and headed to the inner side of the headboard, using tidying up the sheets as an excuse to mask her awkwardness.

Brandon also moved around the foot of the bed, fussing with another corner on his side.

Sophia couldn't help but sneak a peek at Brandon's hand as he handled the sheets.

clearly not some delicate prince who's never lifted a

and well-defined,

that little cottage at Sunset Villa, you two just... got busy," Susan's words from earlier

almost choked on the thought,

the sheets in a slight embarrassment, trying her

to think about it, the

a commanding presence, standing next to him made her feel a bit cramped, particularly in the quiet solitude of a room with just the two

though she and Brandon had a kid together, which technically made them an old married couple, Sophia found she couldn't quite relax around him. She wondered if it was the

regret her impulsive decision to work

much of it; she just felt awkward standing around while Brandon was working, so she bent down to help straighten the sheets without considering that such a setting could

but Susan's words about her and Brandon's past kept echoing in her mind, making Brandon's presence next to

within, finally managing to get back to her peaceful self, focusing solely on making the bed, with only the crease in the middle left to smooth out. Just as she reached to flatten it,

knuckles accidentally brushed against

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