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Shrugging that aside, Regina re you again after all this time And everyone was very cordial" He continued to stare straight ahead and said nothing, so she continued "The girls said you were handso"

They came to a stop, and Brandon unclenched his hand on the wheel then clenched it again tightly He finally turned to her "Is that right? What else did they say?"

His chilly demeanor confused her Was it possible he didn’t realize she kneho Sofie was? Shouldn’t she be the one feeling a little perturbed about his reaction to seeing her? That after all these years he was obviously still feeling so for her

"Valerie said you were always different"

The light turned green, and he was back to staring straight ahead "Valerie is Alex’s wife, right?"

"Yes," Regina confir to stare ahead, and Regina peered at him "What’s funny?"

He lifted a shoulder "Before today, I don’t reina watched as his jaw clenched, still confused why he was acting this way "And that’s funny?"

"Yeah, it is," he turned to her, but there wasn’t a trace of humor in his eyes "Because she knows ashis attention back to the road, Regina noticed how he clenched the wheel again "Not a godda"

Clearly the fact that Valerie would ina wasn’t buying that this is what had him all worked up, and it made her insides ith jealously As much as she tried to calm herself, she couldn’t help but just put it out there "Sofia said you’re a good guy"

Instantly, it felt as if the air had been sucked right out of that Jeep, and they both sat there in suffocating silence

Chapter Twenty-One

Brandon

The phone rang, and without looking at who it was, Brandon sent it to voice the moment he realized what he was in for today that before the day was over soina about him and Sofie, but he hadn’t expected for it to be her

"You asked her if I was?" he said, staring straight ahead because he didn’t dare look at her

He could feel her eyes digging into hi those damn pictures he’d seen her with all the yentas and wondered what they were filling her head with That Sofie would say he was a good guy surprised him If he weren’t so paranoid about all of thelad instead of suspicious