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.

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

she and Brandon had their one-night stand, which led to

resist her buddy Susan Cooper’s begging and tagged along to the high

never showed

didn’t join the class group chats or reunions. They were like

Brandon had vanished even more

he’d done. Whenever Sophia casually

crush she never 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 her their proximity made her even

it’d show, she hid behind eating and drinking, unwittingly

perhaps out of neighborly duty, volunteered to

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

She’d never even had a boyfriend, but that night, she got lost in Brandon’s deep. soft, yet

was the gaze and the man she’d

they indulged to the

as green as her in

was impossible he

had been single a man wholly devoted to his work didn’t have the

also made him a stickler for

night was probably the

And for Sophia, too.

had her life

in architectural design in college and had a decent amount of talent and skills. 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 wrench into

never saw it coming.

safe that night, and because they let loose a little too much, they both

pharmacy for the morning-after pill. She was also kind of ng her fingers, hoping that she was in the

out she was pregnant, she was at sixes and

Brandon was talking marriage, having

Brandon in the first place, but as luck

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

report she was hiding behind her back, and reached out

“Let me see

it was laced

Sophia handed over

for a bit, Brandon asked her, “What’s your game

this baby, and

us getting married and having the baby, Brandon said. “But the ball’s

“Getting married?”

leg, but then she saw him nod

her a couple of days to mull it

Brandon for years, but she never imagined

took two days to think it over and then told Brandon, “So, let’s tie the knot.” Just

the third day, they picked up their marriage

seemed absurd, yet somehow it all fell into

and the kid weren’t meant to

her marriage to Brandon to fizzle

start

two years felt like

familiar things in her house, Sophia felt an

almost tripped over a shoe and

turmoil in his eyes, and even now, her heart skipped a beat

thought that was

had harbored feelings for many years, which

it wasn’t the case. He was just a bit too

heart ached with this

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

gravely ill back then. He was fond of you and wanted to see you married before he passed. You didn’t want him to leave with regrets, so you rushed things with Sophia. It just so happened that she was pregnant with. your child, so I didn’t say much. It gave your grandpa peace, but it’s been two years, and that child wasn’t meant to be with you guys You’re not planning

got my reasons. Mind your

Frost, you wouldn’t date anyone, and then you go to some damn

cut off his father Daniel Crawley, his tone icy. This is my fault,

up, you jump to her defense

“She’s never coming back”

detect a different emotion in his usually calm

had heard the name Yolanda,