NovelEnglishMarian somehow made it to the end of her shift amidst the chaos and feeling totally frazzled.
When she clocked out, Martin happened to wrap up his work stuff as well and caught sight of her with her bag. He casually threw
an invite her way, “Knocking off? I'll give you a lift on my way out.”
“Huh?” Marian was a bit taken aback by Martin's initiation. Ever since that self-plagiarism incident, he had been giving her the cold
shoulder.
She actually wanted to use this chance to patch things up with Martin, but her dad Dennis had flown into West district to see her,
and she was bound for the airport to pick him up.
“My dad's cto see me. I've gotta head to the airport to fetch him,” Marian explained.
Martin frowned, “Your dad's in West district? What's he doing here?”
He hadn't had much to do with Dennis, only knowing that his business was overseas and he rarely cback home.
“He’s just dropping by to check on me.” Marian said, “I haven't had the chance to visit them since | moved back, and he was just in
Skyrim City on a business trip, so he figured he'd swing by.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMartin nodded, “Alright, you go pick up your dad. When you've got time, let's set up a dinner with him and the family. He's had his
work cut out for him looking after you all these years.”
Marian nodded, catching a glimpse of Sophia stepping out of the office from the corner of her eye. She didn’t want Sophia
interacting with Martin, so she quickly clung to his arm and started heading to the elevator, cajoling him, “Martin, how about you
dropoff on the way?”
“I don’t have time.”
Martin brushed her off coldly, “If you're not in a rush, | can have Leo take you.”
He pulled his arm away from her grasp and reached out to press the elevator button, not even glancing back in Sophia’s direction.
But Marian was still on high alert, standing to his right and slightly behind him, and once again, she playfully wrapped her arm
around his.
Sophia cast a curious glance at Marian, and then her gaze slowly landed on Martin, who was partially obscured by Marian.
This time, Martin didn’t pull away. He seemed to have a soft spot for Marian. As for this sister who he had taken efforts to find,
despite his frustration with her at times, it was clear that Marian’s plagiarism fiasco hadn't really dented her status as the Frost
family’s darling.
Seeing Martin like this, Sophia couldn’t help but think of Aaron. Both brothers, one spoiling his sister without conditions, the other...
Sophia didn’t want to continue that thought; she had never felt the warmth of having a brother from Aaron.
Just then, the elevator doors opened, and Brandon stepped out.
Neither Martin nor Marian expected to bump into Brandon there, and both were visibly taken aback.
Perhaps remembering Brandon's aggressive questioning at the press conference, Marian looked down, not quite daring to face him.
Brandon didn't expect to see them either, and after a cool sweep of his eyes over the pair, he stepped out of the elevator without a
greeting.
Martin's face tensed slightly on the side, but without a word, he entered the elevator with Marian.
Brandon walked up to Sophia, “All done?”
She nodded slightly, “Yeah.”
“Let's head out together,” Brandon suggested.
Sophia nodded again, “Sure.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThey left the building together and got into the car. Passing a supermarket, Brandon turned to ask, “Eat out or grab something to
cook?”
Sophia replied, “Either works.”
Brandon gave her a look. “Let's grab something to cook,” he decided.
Sophia agreed with a nod, “Okay.”
Their trip to the supermarket to buy groceries was similarly lukewarm. It felt like they were back to before, yet not quite.
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