Chapter 355
Chapter 355:
A glance at her phone told her it was already 8:50 a.m.
Still no message from him.
As time crawled, at 8:55, just as she checked her screen again, a car horn sounded nearby.
She looked up to see a Maybach pulling into a spot not far from her.
It was Brandon.
He had come.
Millie inhaled quietly, grabbed the documents, and stepped out of her car. She walked over to the Maybach and knocked on the passenger-side window.
The glass lowered, revealing Brandon’s face.
A shadow of stubble had formed around his mouth, and he hadn’t changed out of the clothes he’d worn the day before.
“It’s nearly time. Did you bring everything?” Millie asked, leaning slightly as she spoke.
Brandon stayed quiet.
Millie’s brow twitched as she watched him, unsure what was going through his mind.
After a pause, he gave a small nod.
“Yeah,” he murmured.
He reached over, gathered his documents, and climbed out of the car. They didn’t speak as they walked side by side toward the courthouse.
A few couples were already ahead of them, so they joined the line and waited. More people arrived, some bickering in low voices, others standing in silence like they were.
Brandon shifted his attention to Millie.
She was still small in stature, flipping through the papers she’d brought with her.
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Her hands were delicate, her ring finger bare.
He lowered his gaze, pulled off his own wedding ring, and slipped it into his pocket.
Millie noticed but said nothing, offering him only a brief look.
She had already left her ring, along with the bottle of perfume he’d once given her, in the drawer before leaving their shared home.
“Keep it for the remarriage,” Brandon murmured.
Millie didn’t reply. She kept reading.
“I’ll buy you a better one next time,” he added, perhaps thinking she was annoyed and trying to reassure her.
Millie stayed quiet, her eyes lowered. She didn’t want him to catch even a glimpse of what she was feeling.
Her silence drew a faint crease between Brandon’s brows.
She looked drained. The shadows beneath her eyes hinted at a sleepless night.
“Try to get some rest in the days ahead,” he said, his voice low.
Millie looked up briefly and saw the dark circles beneath his eyes. “Alright,” she murmured, bowing her head again. “I’ll take care of myself.”
Nothing more was said after that.
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