The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

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Sophia heard a girl’s voice griping from behind her, “What’s this Yolanda stuff all about? You’re acting like you don’t know me. My name is Marian Barlow, Marian, OK?”

Sophia didn’t know if she was just being oversensitive to the name “Yolanda’ and mistakenly thought it was about her, or if it was really just a coincidence. She couldn’t help but turn her head to sneak a peek at the girl, then at Don, both

strangers.

She shook her head with a chuckle, scolding herself for being too touchy, and then headed to the other side of the

exhibition area.

The seminar was about to kick off, and everyone had already snagged their seats early.

Sophia checked the time on her phone, there was still a while to go, so she walked into the multimedia classroom.

At the entrance, staff were collecting resumes and portfolios. Sophia had brought hers along, too, but hesitated for a moment when she thought of the “Yolanda incident from earlier.

The girl collecting resumes shot a puzzled look at the resume in her hand, then at her, “Hello?”

She said it with a meaningful glance at the resume and portfolio Sophia was holding.

Sophia hesitated, then handed it over. Thanks.”

The girl smiled, “No worries.”

Sophia returned the smile and took a seat in the back row of the classroom.

with her head or not, Sophia

earlier was now seated in the front row and waved cheerfully at Don when he walked in through the front

a smile and then stepped up

searching for, were Don and Brandon old pals? Or was it just a coincidence that they both had

guesses that she couldn’t focus on the seminar and didn’t feel like sticking around. Seizing the chance as the speaker changed, she slipped out of

where he picked up the stack of resumes that wasn’t exactly thin and started flipping

take the long way around to the front. To her surprise, she bumped into Don, who was perusing

awkward smile as

had nearly been hit earlier, asked with a smile, “Leaving so soon?

It was fascinating” Sophia replied with a smile. I just have something going on at home and have

Don smiled back. “Family first, don’t let us

smile as a response, not lingering on small talk, and after saying goodbye, she

attention. He pulled out that portfolio along with the resume, and the name “Sophia’ caught his eye. Her work experience section was pretty bare with no full-time gigs, but her personal achievements listed quite a few projects, some of which were even finished landmark buildings in the area,

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surprise, not expecting to uncover a

resume and then turned to the girl collecting resumes,

resume and nodded without hesitation, “Yeah, but she just left. The girl who just said hi to you.” It wasn’t that she had a super memory. It was just that Sophia’s resume was so minimalist compared to the flashy ones. around it. The resume was just a simple sheet of A4 paper, so plain it made her do a double-take at Sophia, who was a

retreating figure, somewhat surprised, and somehow felt that her work matched her

anything,” he said in a rush, taking Sophia’s portfolio with

after her.

“Ms. Yearwood.”

of the teaching building, she heard Don’s voice behind her, slightly out of breath,

Don approaching

“What’s up?” she asked.

in front of her, catching his breath while patting his chest, and handed her

at it, recognized it as hers,

said, “Ms. Yearwood, I’m really into your design