Chapter 4

Sophia chuckled awkwardly, “I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, just happened to walk by. I’m really sorry for causing such a hassle for you and your folks This whole marriage was a comedy of errors, anyway. We’re from different worlds You’ve got your own true love, and I’ve got my pride. Your parents can’t stand me, and I’m not about to twist myself into a pretzel to fit in. So, let’s just call it quits, shall we?”

Brandon’s eyes were locked onto her, his lips pressed into a thin line, silent.-

Sophia held his gaze quietly too.

I know my family background and personal circumstances might not be up to par with yours, but there’s someone out there who’ll think I’m the bee’s knees. I won’t force a square peg into a round hole, Sophia said with a smile, “I wish you and Yolanda all the best May you lovebirds find your happily ever after.”

Brandon remained silent

Sophia didn’t push the conversation further. She offered a polite smile and turned to head back to her room.

“Yolanda is Mr. Frost’s youngest daughter. She went missing when she was five. I was the one who lost sight of her, Brandon suddenly spoke up

Sophia turned around in surprise

“If she’s still alive, she’d be about your age, he continued, locking eyes with her.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know about her.” Sophia instinctively apologized.

“It’s fine,” Brandon cut her off. “There’s no issue of one of us not being good enough for the other. I’m sorry I didn’t take better care of you”

“It’s my fault, Sophia said.

“It’s not on you,” Brandon exhaled softly, regaining his usual composure, “I’ll have the lawyers handle the divorce, and make sure the assets are divided fairly

“No need,” Sophia declined with a smile, “It really wasn’t anything to do with me anyway.”

Brandon didn’t respond, just watched her quietly from a short distance, his gaze as deep and still as a dark, bottomless pool

Sophia’s smile faltered, her hand gesturing towards the back, “Well. I’ll be off then”

forward and enveloped

he whispered in her ear, then quickly let go and walked away

stood there, watching his retreating figure. His tall silhouette, stretched by the lights, remained

the

couldn’t help but chuckle, but soon her tears started to fall uncontrollably, big, heavy

to stop them, but for some reason, she couldn’t, and her throat

back and, upon returning to her room, she deleted Brandon’s WhatsApp and phone number. After that,

was lucky. Her visa came

country, Sophia found time to swing by her family

she saw her brother Aaron Yearwood lounging on the couch

son their mother Laura Yearwood

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Chapter 4

him in the end, it was always someone else’s fault, never his. So, seven or eight years post-graduation, he had achieved zilch, always daydreaming about striking it rich with his own startup, draining his parents’ retirement funds in the process. Loads of start-ups, loads of money down the drain, but never a success, just

their mother Laura, busy in the kitchen, did and immediately

up instinctively

he then asked Sophia,

Sophia replied, “No.”

dropped his legs from the coffee table, Oh right, did you talk to him? Tell him to give me that resort project. They need someone to do it anyway,

have you talked to Brandon? Laura chimed in, “That lakeside villa is really nice, spacious with great lighting, hot property. The sales office has been

the money,

of asking

a villa costs millions. You’re asking to borrow one million just like that, with no way to

your brother lands the resort

can count on us. We don’t

back with interest.

to offer for the project? You’ve got no experience, no connections, no capital, no credentials. You think your

the jackpot, knowing that Brandon’s family was involved in real estate. After hearing from his fair-weather

didn’t actually plan to do the work himself but to subcontract it at a higher price, then offload it to someone else for cheap, just to pocket the

caliber. She’d always shut him down,

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