The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 74

Sophia walked into the classroom, and there stood Brandon, rooted to the spot and not budging an inch, just giving Louis and his family the cold shoulder. Then he shifted his gaze slightly, landing on Martin who was sporting the same chilly vibe.

Martin’s face was missing any hint of joy or excitement, a far cry from his earlier eagerness to zip over to Wye City.

Martin caught Brandon’s eye, but only offered a cool glance from a short distance before turning his attention to Louis, who was trying his hardest to keep his excitement in check. He couldn’t take his eyes off Louis and stayed that way.

Brandon also took a quick peek at Louis.

Louis was over eighty, and who knows, maybe the travel had taken its toll because he looked a lot more worn out and frail than he did a few months back.

It had been a hot minute since Brandon had seen Louis, and in his memory, the guy had always been in tip-top shape, an eighty-something you’d mistake for seventy. But just a couple of months apart and the man seemed to have aged a bunch. Louis was all eyes on Marian, totally oblivious to Brandon nearby. However, Patricia caught sight of him.

Her eyes rimmed with red, she walked towards Brandon with an excited face and a placating smile, “Brandon, Yolanda’s back.”

Her words instantly redirected everyone’s focus from Marian to Brandon.

Brandon’s dad, Daniel, couldn’t hide his excitement either and waved Brandon over, “Brandon, come here.”

Brandon gave him a frosty look, no words, no movement.

now, chimed in, “Marian’s got class,

the best shape, and you’ve been on a plane for so long. Better head back to the hotel and rest up, don’t

be a shame if your

they urged him, they helped Louis walk away.

opportunity to nudge a totally bewildered Marian back into the

is going on here?” Marian, finally finding her chance to speak, asked Martin with an urgent whisper, as she tried to poke her head out of the classroom to talk but was pushed back

back, “Take your class first, I’ll explain later.”

on her shoulder, he seemed affectionate as he half-forced her back into

didn’t want to pay attention to any of this, but when she looked up, she couldn’t help but catch the scene of Martin affectionately nudging Marian. She was torn between being happy for Marian finding her family and being annoyed. She remembered Marian saying her current family treated her well and she wasn’t looking to find her biological ones, and she was worried about whether

caught Sophia’s

Marian to pull a funny face and nod towards the group by the door, her eyes full of

towards the door as well.

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that accidentally met Sophia’s. Sophia was taken aback for a moment, her eyes instinctively meeting Louis’s, but his gaze

and looked away, only to lock eyes with

chilly disdain, and her judgmental and condescending look brought back all sorts of

text. [I’m heading back to my apartment. I didn’t bring much with me, can you pack

things and headed back to her apartment.