The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 2

Brandon bee-lined home.

It was his first time ducking out of work to head back

His pad, spick and span, no longer had any traces of Sophia, except for that divorce agreement on the coffee table, all mussed up by the breeze.

Brandon reached for it

The agreement was straightforward. Sophia didn’t want a thing. What was hers before the marriage stayed hers after

Her signature was already on the dotted line

Her handwriting was gorgeous, all flowy and elegant.

Brandon zoned out staring at the signature on the divorce papers.

No clue how much time had passed when the rustling sound of the door opening snapped him back to reality

Brandon whipped his head toward the entrance.

Patricia had just stepped in, and his sudden glance startled her big time

“What’s up?” she asked, puzzled, clearly noticing the flicker of hope on Brandon’s face slowly fade into dead calm.

“Nothing much, he replied coolly. “What brings you here?”

“I was worried Sophia might be bored stiff at home alone, just dropped by to keep her company, Patricia said with a smile, moving towards him, “What’s with the sudden home run today? Something up with Sophia?”

As she spoke, her brows furrowed with concern, her head turning towards the room.

“She’s fine, Brandon said, looking at her, “Do you drop by often?”

“Not really, just now and then.”

Patricia’s face was painted with awkward embarrassment, and upon finishing her sentence, she saw Brandon’s brow furrow

She quickly changed the subject to the papers in Brandon’s hand “What’s that?”

Reaching to grab them, but before her fingertips could touch the documents, Brandon pressed them down first.

“It’s nothing. Brandon said, looking at Patricia, “No need for you to come over if there’s no issue. Sophia’s got her work. cut out for her. We’ll come visit you when we get the chance.”

“She, Patricia began, almost blurting out “What work could she possibly have?” but quickly bit her tongue, “Alright then.

She couldn’t help but remind Brandon, Sophia’s been recuperating for over a year and still no baby bump. I hope she hasn’t got some lingering issues. Have her get checked at the hospital when she can. I wouldn’t want troubles with having kids later.

Brandon said. “It’s the kid I didn’t want.”

Patricia looked at him, baffled

Brandon issued the boot. “You better head back, and don’t come around unless it’s necessary.”

Patricia’s mouth hung open, wanting to protest, but ultimately, she shut it under Brandon’s icy stare, and turned to leave.

Brandon watched the door close, glanced around the house now devoid of Suphia’s presence, heaved a long sigh, picked up his phone, and dialed his assistant Kent. “Kent, set up a meeting with the lawyer, gotta sort out this divorce

Huh? Kent was taken aback. Wasn’t it just yesterday he’d sent Sophia over? They didn’t seem to be at odds.

Brandon hall aiready hung up, tossing the divorce papers on the coffee table and stepping out the door

Sophia moved back to her smell suburban house.

Chapter

She’d bought it before getting hitched, just the right size for her solo living.

their one-night stand, which led to

her buddy Susan Cooper’s begging and tagged along to

never showed up

class group chats or reunions. They were

had vanished

what he’d done. Whenever Sophia casually prodded her high school friends, there wasn’t a peep about

dared to voice was swirling in her chest, but she never found the courage to spill it, even talking to him was stiff and formal, especially with him sitting right next to

she hid behind eating and

out of neighborly duty, volunteered to

tripped over shoes left by the door as soon as she entered. Brandon, quick on the uptake, caught her and in the inertia of the moment, she ended up in his arms. The lights were off, Brandon had had a few himself, and whether it was the booze or the night’s spell, when their

even had a boyfriend, but that night,

and the

to the fullest, both inexperienced but incredibly

be as green

looks, it was impossible

years, Sophia understood why Brandon had been single a man wholly devoted to his work didn’t have the spare effort or time for

him a

probably the only slip-up

And for Sophia, too.

life all mapped

She was looking to get some advanced training and was already getting her ducks in a row to apply to the School of Architecture of Apex Engineering University. But one unexpected night threw a

saw it coming. She was

because they let loose a

morning-after pill. She was also kind of ng her fingers, hoping that she was in the clear since it was supposedly her safe period. But as fate would have

out she was pregnant, she was at sixes and

was talking marriage, having the

planned on telling Brandon in the first place, but as luck would have it, she bumped

was a bit red-faced and wanted to keep the test results under wraps, but it was

a glimpse of the HCG report she was hiding behind her back, and reached out for

“Let me see

but it was laced with an aura that brooked

Sophia handed over the

staring at the report for a bit, Brandon asked her, “What’s your

She hadn’t anticipated this baby, and its arrival had totally scrambled her

“But the ball’s in your court. If you’re not up for it,

“Getting married?”

Brandon was pulling her leg, but then she saw him nod

a couple of

had been sweet on Brandon for years, but she never imagined that one

to think it over and then told Brandon, “So, let’s tie the knot.” Just like during a

the third day, they picked up their

seemed absurd, yet somehow it all fell into

Sophia never imagined that she and the kid

expect her marriage to Brandon to fizzle

whirlwind start and a whirlwind

past two years felt like a

familiar things in her house,

replayed the night she almost tripped over a shoe and he caught her, the

in his eyes, and

had thought that

he, like her, had harbored feelings for many years, which led to

the case. He was just a

ached with

overhearing a tiff between Brandon and his father in the study a few days ago when she was

leave with regrets, so you rushed things with Sophia. It just so happened that she was pregnant with.

reasons. Mind your own

leads to trouble, and look at you. Because of Yolanda Frost, you wouldn’t date anyone, and then you go to some damn reunion, and next thing you

his father Daniel Crawley, his tone icy. This is my fault, not

her

“She’s never coming back”

It was one of the rare moments she could detect a different emotion in his usually calm demeanor. Clearly, this “Yolanda girl held

was the first time Sophia had heard the name Yolanda,