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She replayed the whole argu that set hi sides, and that they’d gotten to her About what? With her heart still at her throat, as o after Brandon or at the very least call hiive him a little tiain instead Just before hitting speed dial, she changed hershe knew She scrolled down her contact list, looking for Sarah’s nuirls at one point
Her stohtened as she scrolled down quickly and saw Sarah Moreno Chewing the inside of her cheek, she mulled it over whether she should call her or not What would she say to her? That first Valerie and then Bell had passed on Sofia’s secret--so hoping to get eventhe back key, she stared at her contact list again Unlike when she searched for Sarah’s name, she scrolled further down, slowly this tio Did she dare?
CallIso odd when Sofia had said that to her It al Sofia wanted to talk about--Brandon Of course, Regina had no intention of taking her up on the offer, but given the circu she needed to do
Worst case scenario, they slept together But that still didn’t explain why he would think they were trying to get to Regina or that she would be taking sides Sides to what? That her brothers e of Sofia? So what? Sofia obviously not only went along with it she ad it And Sofia naïve? That was a joke From the moment sheRegina thought her Soina didn’t buy that Sofia would be that na&iu so around having ht be sweet, but she’d been a sneaky one Those brothers of hers didn’t know the half of it
The truth was that their sleeping together wouldn’t be the worst-case scenario What if Sofia had always been secretly in love with hiina knew firsthand how easy it’d been to fall in love with Brandon, hoeet and wonderful he could be The thought of his she’d first et to the botto Sofiaback in forth on whether to try Brandon first instead One thing was for sure She needed answers now There’d be no sleep for her tonight if she didn’t get them
Chapter Twenty-Three
Brandon
The keys slalass coffee table it cracked Brandon’s phone rang for the second tiht now He didn’t even want to hear her voice, yet he was dying to How the fk did that even ht his hands to his face, and he slid thery breath He wasn’t even sure if he waslike this ht happen Froina’s life, he’d wondered how that would affect their relationship He could deal with seeing Sofie if he had to Like Sunday it ht be uncomfortable, but he’d since decided it was a sacrifice he’d be willing to s he may’ve had for Sofia had been dead and buried for years He kne after experiencing real love that what he felt for Sofie had been nothing more that infatuation and ht
As te up the subject this week, he hadn’t Regina had already been dealing with turmoil since her dad’s heart attack He didn’t want to add to it He knew talking about Sofie and her brothers and the shit they ina about hi it would be The thought of the her er part of hiht feed her He couldn’t be sure, but as far as he knew, today was the first tisuspicious Not once since her first reaction to his questioning her about her therapist had she been secretive
One conversation with Alex and Regina was already having her doubts about hi around theer would do She believed what they said already He saw it in those hesitant eyes He couldn’t deal with this He wouldn’t She wanted his side of the story? Why? All this ti in love with hione down the bullshit way Sofie’s brothers said they did? She expected hiing his phone across the room where it hit the wall and slammed down on the floor in one piece
He wondered for aa trip tomorrow to the wireless store for a replaceo off He sat there, staring it at it without ain With the aet ht the curiosity of what she ot up and walked toward it