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”

enveloped her

her ear, then

retreating figure. His tall silhouette, stretched by the lights,

the Brandon

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

for some reason, she couldn’t, and

tears back and, upon returning to her room, she deleted Brandon’s WhatsApp and phone

lucky. Her visa came through

found time

saw her brother Aaron Yearwood

in his student days. but as the only son their mother Laura Yearwood had spoiled him rotten, never wanting him to endure hardship This codding had inadvertently bred

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Chapter 4

time, or claim his boss was a bonehead who didn’t get him in the end, it was always someone else’s fault, never his. So, seven or eight years post-graduation,

did and immediately came out, her eyes instinctively scanning behind Sophia, Sophia? Why are you back

absorbed in his game, looked up instinctively toward

he then asked Sophia,

Sophia replied, “No.”

then? Aaron 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

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

you guys have the money, you

“We were thinking of asking Brandon to

“Mom, a villa costs millions. You’re asking to borrow one million just like that, with no way to pay it back That’s

But once your brother lands the resort project, he’ll have

can count on us. We don’t need your

back with interest.

at him, What are you going to offer for the project? You’ve got no

Brandon, Aaron thought he’d hit the jackpot, knowing that Brandon’s family was involved in real estate. After hearing from his fair-weather friends that construction was lucrative, he quickly set up a construction company with zero experience, hoping to score projects through her

subcontract it at a higher price, then offload it to someone else for cheap, just to

caliber. She’d always shut him down, keeping him

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