The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 40

“Yeah, I’m heading back now, Sophia whispered, “Gotta hang up.”

And then she hung up the phone.

Brandon slowly put down his phone only when the busy signal “beep beep” hit his ears, glancing at the screen.

The phone had already gone back to the lock screen.

He unlocked it and, on the call log page, that dialed number was still just a string of digits.

That string of digits had been saved in Brandon’s contacts for eight years.

A number he jotted down in his youth, during the time he reconnected with Sophia, he almost never dialed it, even though he knew it by heart without having to save it

Brandon couldn’t tell why he never called in those years. He often thought of Sophia, remembered how she stood. quietly at the podium, introducing herself with her unique soft voice, “Hi everyone, I’m Sophia.” Every time he thought of her, he couldn’t help but fish out the number, but he never actually dialed it.

years Every time his finger hovered over the call button, memories of the graduation party when the teacher regretfully informed everyone that Sophia couldn’t make it,

there was the

the mix of anger and complex disappointment, every time he faced the number, he never followed through

even thought that Sophia must

turned out she kept

her number like the back of his hand, but as for his own number which hadn’t changed

her polite “Hello, who’s this? on the phone just now, Brandon’s eyes

responded with “Hello, who’s this? She genuinely didn’t know

the stairwell in the

a few cars parked in front of the building, and she couldn’t spot Brandon’s car right

the driver’s seat, remained still, just watching

and as she turned to head in a

saw Brandon inside the car. She walked over to

a warm voice as

their reunion, and even during the two years they were married, she never seemed overly affectionate or clingy. It was as if she was always

he actually didn’t like

fact, he

but glance

by his stare, asked, “What’s