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*SOPHIA’S POV*There was total silence all through the ride to the party. I don’t know why, but a part of me was angry with Bran, and he, on the other hand, did not know how best to explain himself, so we kept quiet all through. Shortly after, we got to the party location. As Bran showed the bouncer his invitation card, they allowed us in, while Pierre went ahead to park the car and wait for us.I walked into the hall, right after Bran, as I could not keep my eyes off the theme of the party. Different calibres of people were all in this hall, some gossiping, some talking about business plans, some connecting a friend or friends to another friend, and some had their eyes on me, staring.I strictly followed Bran as I was certain that I knew no one here at the party. Bran greeted a couple of influencers and business partners he knew and knows while I clutched my dress and smiled most of the time as he introduced me as his wife.Finally, the birthday celebrant came down to the hall, and

BRAN’S POV*It was about twenty to thirty minutes to 7 pm when I checked my wristwatch.I terrified Pierre immediately. “Get the car ready,” I said over the phone. Pierre got the car ready, and we both left work and headed to Sophia’s company. *SOPHIA’S POV*I was going through some of the files for our new designs when I heard a quick knock in succession. I looked up and saw that it was Tessa, but she didn’t come straight into the office, but just stood at the door, gesturing with her hands for me to look behind her. I was still a bit confused as to why she was gesturing when she could come inside the office and talk to me.“What?” I mouthed from where I sat.The next thing I saw was Bran as he walked behind Tessa, towards my office. Tessa quickly excused herself, it was then I realized that she was trying to tell me to look behind to see Bran coming. “What brings you here?” I asked nonchalantly.“Forgotten already?” he said as he walked into my office, both hands pocketed. I t

*SOPHIA’S POV*It was morning, and I was up, but as usual, Bran always left before I was up. I got prepped and headed out for work with public transportation. Apparently, Pierre was supposed to return to drop me off at work, but he was delayed by an emergency accident on the road, so he could not meet up with me. He finally returned home and did not meet me at home, as I had already left on my own, but he met with Henna as she was on her way to her luxury bag store.“Excuse me, please, have you seen Mrs Garner?” he asked Henna, suddenly intrigued to get some information from him.“Well, I am sure she must be around here somewhere. Why do you ask?”“I am supposed to drop her off at work, but I got delayed.”“Oops, that was unexpected indeed. How about you tell me something that I need to know, and I will tell you exactly where Sophia is?”Just then, Mrs Reeves walked by and spotted Pierre. She knew he would only be back here to pick me up, and she knew that I had left already.She wa

*SOPHIA’S POV*The drive home was silent and awkward as we both sat in the backseat of the car. Each of us faced the window where we sat, and Pierre said no word and drove us home. We finally arrived home, and the moment we got out of the car, Jane and Tom approached us, as though they had been waiting for Bran to return home. But they did not think we would return home together. “Quite a sight to see you both return home together,” Tom said. “I never would have thought this day would come, I mean, judging from you both’s history,” Jane said and moved closer with a fake smile.I stood there beside Bran and tried to come up with something to say to clear the air.“It just….”Bran cut me short and spoke instead.“It just turned out that way, it is quite unusual to have my uncle and his wife greet me, I never thought this day would come either,” Bran said sarcastically.Tom let out a sheepish laugh, with his hands in his pockets.“Just as you said, I am indeed your uncle and if I don'

*SOPHIA’S POV*I suddenly realized that he had been hugging me for quite some time, and that made me uncomfortable, so I broke away from him first.“Can we not get physical?” I quietly asked as I took two steps away from him slowly.“I am sorry, I got carried away,” he said as she adjusted his stance and his suit.“Why are you here?” I asked.“You did not show up at the office and that had me worried, I figured I would check up on you, only to find out that you are here…..are you okay? Are you hurt?” “I am fine, I was not the one who got hurt. One of my staff got injured at the facility…. I had to escort her to the hospital.”“Oh, I am sorry about that. I hope it was not a serious injury?”“No, she got some stitches already.”“I would have handed over the documents to you here, but I was in a haste and didn’t bring them with me, I didn’t even think you’d be here.”“No, it’s fine.”Just then, Pierre came closer to Bran and whispered something to him.“I have to get back to the office

*BRAN’S POV*“I just got off the phone with Nate from the pharmaceutical company. He has agreed to have the sample testing done today,” Pierre said as he walked into the office.“Today, what time?” I asked.“He says anything from 2 pm”“That is not assuring enough, but we will hold him to it.”“Okay, sir.”“Can you figure out why my wife is still not here yet with the documents?” I asked Pierre, worried.“Alright, sir.”*NATE’S POV*“I told Bran’s P. A I will be at their office anything from 2 pm, now it is freaking past 3! Can you all get your asses moving with the samples!?” I yelled at my staff as they hurried up with what they were doing. I was vexed at this point as I paced back and forth while waiting for the samples to be loaded from the lab into my car.“Sir, what if Mr Bran decides to cancel the buyout because we have been going back and forth with the contract?” my lackey asked.“Why do you think I am in a haste to get these samples to their office before he changes his min