The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 88

Brandon knew Sophia hadn’t actually dropped out of school.

A few days after he returned to his home country, Sophia had Susan relay a simple “thank you” to him. Threatening to quit school was just her way of pushing him into a corner, risking her own future.

She was willing to bet on it, but Brandon wasn’t about to roll the dice with her.

Although he was peeved that Sophia had applied to college behind his back, excluding him from her future plans, Brandon was well aware of her brilliance and knew that further education was her dream.

She had already given up an opportunity once for their child, and this time, Brandon couldn’t gamble with her future.

He didn’t want to be the executioner of her lifelong regrets.

Sophia’s decisiveness and efficiency in handling things were leagues beyond his own.

Her future was her rock, her anchor that she clung to for security, and yet, to force him to back off, she chose to let it all go without a second thought.

The ease with which she had once given up on her child and her future was a testament to how resolute she was in letting go of their marriage.

Brandon’s eyes grew colder as he stared at the calendar

For the past two years, he hadn’t pried into her life. Work had consumed him completely. He thought that leaving each other alone was the ultimate form of respect.

His hand flipped the calendar face down on the desk as he shifted his gaze to the computer screen, his mind fixated on the date circled in bold red ink, “June 30th, just two days away

the final curtain call on the ties

where she was, and she

school gates, she would vanish into the sea of faces, perhaps

rest of

then lifted to look out at the

aglow with thousands of lights, dazzling

cold.

Sophia in those two years. The house

another apartment near his

a soul in two years. Brandon hadn’t even bothered to have someone clean and maintain it regularly. What state was it

he shut down the computer, stood up, grabbed his

at his computer, spotted Brandon leaving and promptly stood up with a sharp eye. “Mr. Crawley,

need clock out early Brandon

watching Brandon’s retreating figure. A Brandon not working overtime was

Chapter 88

his old

was blank, unsure why he

with Sophia, sealed by the

of the door, Brandon didn’t immediately unlock it. Instead, he stood there, head slightly tilted back, gazing at the closed

elevator door behind him opened, and a lady in this

glanced back, confirming it was him, she struck up a conversation, surprised. “Is that really you? Haven’t

between neighbors were rare. But the lady, having lived in a close–knit community in a small town in her younger days, was used to the warm neighborliness. She used to greet them warmly, even if their interactions were brief.

warmth, Brandon offered a polite