The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 30

At the most hyped-up local bar Brandon was chilling in a corner, nursing a drink, and zoning out as he stared into his glass

Don picked the joint himself saying it was a rare chance to get Brandon out for a drink, so obviously, he couldn’t let Brandon down. But after searching high and low, and being a barfly himself who’s not into clubbing, Don was clueless about where to head Finally, he found this place online, boasting to be a hotspot for both local and international travelers.

Only when they got there did Don realize it was a hunting ground for flirts

The thumping music in the dance area was blasting his eardrums, and the flashing lights were a pain in the eyes, not to mention the wild dancing scene

Don had some regrets, but Brandon seemed unfazed.

As soon as he hit the bar, he found a comer, ordered a random bottle of booze, and started sipping away casually, not bothering to check out his surroundings. He was drinking at his own pace, as usual, taking his time, looking all classy and highbrow

Don couldn’t figure out what was going on in Brandon’s head

If you’d say he was having mantal issues, he didn’t look like the typical down-and-out divorced dude. He still had his poise, and his emotions didn’t seem all over the place

But if you’d think everything’s peachy, there was something off about Brandon, a slight deviation from the cool and collected guy Dan knew, like his mind was somewhere else.

Don couldn’t help but scoot closer to Brandon and almost had to shout over the booming music, “Brandon, spill the beans, man You and your wife hitting a rough patch?

But even without the music, Brandon wasn’t giving him the time of day, let alone now

He took a leisurely sip, looked at Don, and asked, “How long you planning to hang around here?”

“Not sure yet” Don shouted back, Depends on how the job hunting goes. We’re hoping to find some long-term stable partnerships, so might take a while.”

Then he asked, “What about you?”

Brandon replied, “We’ll see.

Don raised an eyebrow. “You too? I thought your life was all plans and schedules, knowing exactly what to do at every moment, never missing a beat”

Brandon said, “Life throws you curveballs sometimes

“Like what?”

at the girl approaching them with a drink in

“Now.”

the girl was about to drape her arm over his shoulder, Brandon sidestepped, and her arm landed on Don instead. Don instinctively brushed her hand off, not minding her startled expression,

Brandon was already off, not giving him a second

Don hurried after him.

the dance floor to get

guys and gals were jumping to the

through the crowd to catch up with Brandon, but every time

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up: Don yelled,

hear or didn’t care, just

Don shoved through the crowd, accidentally bumping into a girl’s shoulder. “What the hell?” came a sharp scolding, and Brandon, who was just plowing ahead, paused

looked back and when he recognized the girl’s

just seen on Brandon’s phone

the girl didn’t seem to react to “Yolanda, giving him a puzzled look. “What Yolanda? Can’t you come on to someone

from. But seeing Brandon’s gaze on the girl’s raised wrist and the bracelet, he paused for a moment, then cheekily said to

girl was cool “No

lot like a friend of mine. Mind if I get your

serious, he pulled out his business

connecting?

glanced at it, and pulled out her phone,

didn’t step in, just turned around and

didn’t head straight for the parking

to the hotel, but also had

alien to him at night, with few passers-by except

young couple walking past, then emotionlessly shifted away, looking

street

already blocked out the

bar scene or wasting time walking or window-shopping,

kill time.

just scolded Don, raising her phone, kept intertwining in his mind, but they never quite matched up. As

he looked up at Sophia’s apartment building, then turned and headed for his car parked outside the bar Before he even reached it, he pulled out his keys to unlock it, swung the door open, and hopped