The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 49

Chapter 49

She gave Brandon a puzzled look.

Brandon was gazing back at her his eyes cool and detached.

Sophia realized he was talking about Ivan.

“I’ve got no clue,’ she said. She hadn’t gotten close to Ivan, never played the lovey-dovey couple, and had no idea if he met her expectations in a romance.

But to Brandon, her answer rang with a different tune.

“No clue” meant there was room for further observation, perhaps even a chance for development.

He thought Sophia would just say “no,” like she always did to him, straight to the point – no beating around the bush, no

gray areas.

But clearly, Ivan was different in Sophia’s eyes.

This realization only added to the tightness in Brandon’s chest.

He didn’t speak another word, just silently started the engine.

Sophia shot him a glance, feeling a bit at sea. His face was still, calm as a millpond, but the tight lines of his profile betrayed the stormy mood he was emitting.

Brandon kept mum the whole drive back to the hotel.

The car came to a standstill in the underground parking of the hotel.

Once parked, Brandon unfastened his seatbelt but didn’t make a move to get out, just sat there like a statue.

looked at him,

to disturb him and whispered, “I’ll head

she spoke, she unbuckled her seatbelt, turned, and pushed the door open

open when suddenly a hand reached over, landing on Sophia’s, and

door shut.

Brandon as he leaned in, “What, what’s

were deep

gave her a look, propped his palm against the back of her seat, and then leaned in, kissing her

Sophia couldn’t say anything.

her a chance to react. His other hand wrapped around her waist, pinning her

parted lips were quickly

was

to

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layer by layer under his

stand a

body too well, and her body vividly remembered all the reactions he elicited, his dominance, his tenderness, and the palpitations he caused while

Brandon showed no signs

Chapter 49

to be getting carried away, his hand beside her ear uncontrollably sliding into her hair, firmly

the time, Brandon kissed her gently and

was rare, as if

it. Her increasingly oxygen-starved brain tumed all

and tongue caressing hers, his breath gradually

resting. against hers, nose to nose, sharing a breath He looked into Sophia’s hazy eyes, his fingertips gently caressing her cheek as he spoke in a raspy voice, “Sophia, can’t we just start over and give it another

of clarity, but her uneven breaths made it hard to speak. She could only take

swollen lips, his soft voice coaxing her gaze,

why?” Sophia asked breathlessly, “You’ve been acting strange these past

of you ending up with another man someday. I don’t want to see you with another man, he said, his voice soft

repeating

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