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.

this tiny place where she and Brandon had their one-night stand, which led to the pregnancy that bound them together

night, she couldn’t resist her buddy Susan Cooper’s begging and

thought Brandon, the guy who never showed up to these things,

all contact, didn’t join the class group chats or reunions. They were like ships passing in the night, briefly crossing paths before vanishing into their own

vanished even more

done. Whenever Sophia casually prodded her high

her chest, but she never found the courage to spill it, even talking to him was

show, she hid behind

out of neighborly duty, volunteered to take her home after

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 gazes met, the chemistry was undeniable. Alone, tipsy, and with the man she’d pined over for years, their locked eyes became impossible to

never even had a boyfriend, but that night, she got lost

and the man

indulged to the fullest, both inexperienced but

Brandon to be as green as her in love and

background and looks, it was impossible he couldn’t

been single a man wholly devoted to his

also made him a stickler for clean

the only slip-up in

And for Sophia, too.

her life

She was looking to get some advanced training and was already getting her ducks in a row to apply to the School of Architecture

it coming. She

safe that night, and because they let loose

have time to swing by the pharmacy for the morning-after pill. She was also kind of ng her fingers, hoping

she was pregnant, she was at

talking marriage, having the kid and all that

fortnight since that night, and they hadn’t been in touch since. Sophia hadn’t planned on telling Brandon in the first place, but as luck would have it, she bumped into him at the

red-faced and wanted to keep the test

the HCG report she was hiding behind her back, and reached

“Let me see

calm sentence, but it was laced with an aura that brooked no

Sophia handed over

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

anticipated this baby, and its arrival had totally scrambled her

and having the baby, Brandon said. “But the ball’s in your court. If you’re not up for it, I

“Getting married?”

She thought Brandon was pulling her leg, but then she saw him

gave her a couple of days to mull it

been sweet on Brandon for years, but she

told Brandon, “So, let’s tie the knot.” Just like during

they picked up

somehow it all fell

and the

her marriage to Brandon to fizzle out before their third

whirlwind start and

two years felt

familiar things in her house, Sophia felt

over a shoe and he caught her, the intense

his eyes, and even now, her

thought that was

her, had harbored feelings for many years,

was

heart ached with this

his father in the study a few days ago when she

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,

my reasons. Mind your own

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

Crawley, his tone

you jump to her defense I’m just asking, what if Yolanda comes back? Don’t forget, you were

“She’s never coming back”

bit. It was one of the rare moments she could detect a

Sophia had heard the name Yolanda, and she felt a