Sophia's POV
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“Easy for you to say, but I will see how you will ‘let go’ the pain when you will feel anger, love, loss, or betrayal when you will ever face it.”
“You see, will that I will let go of all the things and rise to shine if you will be my side.”
“Don’t trust me so much, Sophia. Who knows, I might have hidden things from you and might be betraying you, even you NOW.”
I couldn’t understand what he meant by that sentence and then thought about it.
How would I react realized that Brandon had hidden something from me and was betraying me?
Well, I believe he surely has reason to do so.
He would never hide anything from me until and unless the news would hurt me the most, right?
“Then I will try to understand the reason behind your such action.”
“And what if my action would be beyond your understanding?’
“Then I will be patient with you and wait till the moment when you will yourself tell me about it.”
“And what if you will block me everywhere and won’t listen to me?”
“That won’t happen because I can’t stay angry for long even if I want to.”
“So, you sure about not leaving me?”
“I don’t want to. If you want, I’m ready to sign another contract again stating that I don’t need a penny from you if you have any thoughts that I want to stay because of your money.”
“And what if I want to leave you?”
My heart missed a bit when I heard that. Holding back my tears, I replied, “I can’t force you.”
He just kept staring at me like a statue thinking something. Only if I could understand and read his thoughts. Only he knew what he was thinking.
“As for now, just… just don’t ignore me, and I will also not avoid you.”
Says the one who wanted to stay away from me. I didn’t talk back. I just nodded my head obediently.
“By the way, can you ask someone to get a contraceptive pill?” I asked, on which he furrowed his eyes at first, then widened, and then he quickly nodded his head.
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We returned from Paris after the vacation of one week last night, and by that time, Oliver stayed with Dad, taking care of him like a son. But after our arrival, he left, stating he would visit me at the weekend. And talking about my relationship with Brandon, I was having a hard time acting as if nothing happened, and I was sure that his situation was no different, but he was good at hiding it. While I was struggling, trying to keep my hands away from him, reminding me again and again that I couldn’t throw myself on him like a prostitute.
So, I kind of ended up avoiding him this morning. I didn’t want to do that, but I just couldn’t act as if nothing had happened.
Sophia’s POV
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After breaking the glass, even if we tried to join it, we couldn’t hide the cracks. In the same way, I couldn’t behave as if nothing had happened, and because of this, he left for the office without having breakfast and in a pissed mood.
After finishing my lunch, I checked on Caroline before walking toward my room. She was playing with dad. I smiled, recalling dad’s word when Caroline was back, ‘Damn! I missed her so much. The next time if you will be taking her with you. I will join too. This place wasn’t giving the vibe of home anymore in her absence.’
She literally had wrapped everyone around her fingers.
I laid down on the bed and started using my phone, scrolling through my social media accounts. At the same time, I received a call from John.
John?
I double-checked his name on display, and it was indeed his call. It was not my birthday, and except for my birthday or some other important days, barely any of my other brothers except Levi, Asher, and Oliver called me.
“Hello,” I said, receiving the call.
“Hi, sweetheart. Back from your honeymoon?”
“Hi, John. Yes, we reached yesterday. Is everything all right? Are you fine? Is dad fine?”
“Yes, sissy. Everyone is fine. I called you because I wanted to meet you.”
“Meet me? But why?”
“I want you to meet someone special. I don’t have now a lot of family members left in my family. If our mother would have alive, then I would have made her meet my special one, but now that she is not between us. I thought if you could meet her?” he said in a low tone.
"Sure.", I agreed quickly. I couldn't take mom's place in his life, but I could at least make him feel better by doing this. I knew dad was not a friendly person, so he might end up scaring his poor girlfriend. "But I can't leave my society on my own, so I hope you won't mind me bringing Brandon with me."
"Of course not. I would love to have him with you."
"Perfect then. Let me know the time and place."
"Now and place..."
"Now?" I asked in surprise. "I'm sorry, but we can't come right now because Brandon is in office. We can either come on the weekend or after his office hours."
"No worries. You can come tonight with Brandon. And don't worry about the security because it will top-notched."
"You don't have to tell about that part.", I said. "Because I trust you with the security of both Brandon and me.", I added with a smile, not knowing that my trust was going to break tonight.
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#TBC