The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 23

The hotel was clad in steel-gray glass, a skyscraper with over fifty floors that exuded grandeur and high-class sophistication, matching its brand positioning to a tee.

Outside the hotel cars came and went Through the revolving glass doors, stylishly dressed folks were constantly coming in and out, with the clientele primarily consisting of young men and women

Sophia and Brandon had been married for quite some time now, but they had never stayed at the Starlight Hotel.

She hadn’t even set foot inside

All she knew was that the Starlight Hotel brand was Brandon’s efforts back in his university days.

While everyone else was still patting themselves on the back for making it through the exams and kicking back, while they were busy gaming, dating or joining clubs, Brandon was already diving headfirst into the family biz on top of his studies. He built the Starlight Hotel brand from the ground up, and in just a few years, he turned it into a world-class luxury hotel chain it was his golden ticket to taking the helm as the big boss of Starlight Group.

Back home. Sophia hadn’t seen much of Starlight Hotel-not because there were few of them, but because she hadn’t been out much in the past couple of years. And now, in this foreign land, stumbling upon a Starlight Hotel felt like a warm hug

Seeing familiar words on a street sign amidst a sea of foreign languages can give her that fuzzy feeling, all the more so when the brand had a special place in her life.

Sophia couldn’t help but crack a smile, her wandering heart finding a touch of solace in this familiarity, and she found herself drawn towards the hotel

The valets and the front desk staff at the entrance were Zenithans As Sophia approached, the security guard greeted her, Welcome.”

“Thank you,” Sophia responded with a smile, finding comfort here.

She didn’t go in, just peeked inside, and the sight of familiar Zenithan faces deepened the sense of nostalgia, as if she were back home, settling her restless heart even more.

The parking valet, noticing she didn’t seem to be heading in, asked with a grin, “Miss, looking for someone?”

Sophia shook her head and smiled, “Nope, just passing by and thought I’d take a gander.”

The valet smiled back. Feel free to come in and look around. Our hotel offers a free rest area and afternoon tea.”

“Thanks, but I’ll pass, Sophia smiled, declined politely, and bid farewell to the valet. As she turned to leave, a black Cayenne slowly drove past her. As it brushed by, Sophia instinctively glanced inside the car, and her gaze froze

Brandon, who was in the driver’s seat, happened to turn his head at the same time. Their eyes locked in mid-air.

There was no npple in Brandon’s deep gaze. After looking at her, he slowly shifted his gaze back to the road ahead, his chiseled profile cool and detached.

Sophia calmly withdrew her gaze as well and continued walking.

Brandon glanced at her in the rearview mirror. In the condensed reflection, Sophia had reached the corner and was hailing a taxi.

his face away, his hand on the steering wheel drawing back

after taxi passed by without any intentions of

wasn’t far from here, if it were the old

in the early stages of pregnancy and didn’t dare to walk too much. After failing to flag down a couple of texts, she hesitated and couldn’t help but check her watch, then looked towards home, contemplating whether to just hoot it. The unexpected sighting of Brandon

Brandon might have already entered the

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screeched to a halt beside her, its window rolling down to reveal Brandon’s cool and

deep and mellow as Sophia remembered, steady as

guard, gesturing vaguely towards home,

lift, Brandon said, with a click the car door unlocked,

“No need, it’s just around the

repeated firmly,

and calm, but the commanding presence in his voice

softened involuntarily. “I’m just

leaned over, opened the passenger door, and then looked at

looking

just patiently waited, giving off the vibe

muster the energy to throw

to her,

and

and in no time at all, Brandon pulled up in

the apartment complex, noting that it seemed nice, especially the

and thanked him, “I’m here, thanks for

replied, also

was unbuckling, and said instinctively,

opened the

drive away as she had suggested; instead, he got out of the car too, looked up at the apartment building, and then

“Living solo?” he asked

nodded, “Yep, riding solo for

keep the kid around, she would have to upgrade to a two-bed or a

shot her a look,

a bit thrown

“What’s up?” she asked.

her. “Mind

smile. “It’s not really convenient,

“Why not?”

words, just feeling like she didn’t want to get too

expectant waiting for her to spill the