He tried again, and the same thing happened, and confusion mixed with frustration as he muttered, "What the hell."
The conversation hadn't felt that heated, and he'd explained his reasoning clearly, and Adidas was objectively the better offer, so why was she upset about it?
Makes no sense, he thought, and he set his phone on the nightstand before running both hands through his hair while accepting that women were complicated and Sophia was more complicated than most and he was too tired to figure it out tonight.
He stood and walked to the bathroom to brush his teeth, and when he returned to his room, his phone screen was still dark with no new notifications.
She wasn't texting back.
Fine.
He'd give her space.
A soft chime rang in his head just as he was about to climb into bed.
The system.
A panel materialized in his vision with golden text that immediately caught his attention.
「NEW MISSION AVAILABLE」
「BRAND PARTNERSHIP SELECTION」
「Select your endorsement partner:」
