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

final curtain call on the

where

she would vanish into the sea of faces, perhaps never to cross paths with

of

fingers paused over the keyboard, then lifted to look out at the dusky

aglow with thousands of lights, dazzling yet

cold.

returned to the home he shared with Sophia in those two years. The house wasn’t sold

had moved to another apartment

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

the computer,

Brandon leaving and promptly stood up with a sharp eye. “Mr.

early Brandon said, walking past

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

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his

his expression was blank, unsure why he was going back, what the point

his marriage with Sophia, sealed

immediately unlock it. Instead, he stood

him opened, and a lady in this neighbourhood emerged, spotting Brandon. Tentatively, she called out, “Mr.

conversation, surprised. “Is that really you? Haven’t seen you or

floor, encounters 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,

offered a polite smile as