The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 121

Sophia was left speechless, thrown off balance by his relentless argument. She felt like she’d lost the plot and without realizing it, her confidence took a nosedive.

But Brandon was still on the offensive, “Sophia, you’ve crashed and burned under my watch five times already. Are you really willing to gamble your future on a sixth?”

Sophia managed a forced smile, “That’s a pretty bleak way to put it.”

“What’s there to be bleak about? You’re over it anyway, right? To you, I’m just another Joe Blow, no different from any Tom, Dick, or Harry on the street. Doesn’t that make it easier for you to focus on your career?”

Sophia pretended not to catch the sarcasm in his voice and kept her lips tightly sealed.

Brandon then sat back, stretched his long arm behind his seat, pulled out a contract and a pen, and handed them to her, “Sign this.”

Sophia glanced at it. It was the same contract he had shoved into her hands at the restaurant, just a fresh copy, probably one of several he had printed out.

Sophia didn’t reach out to take it.

“I need more time to think about it.”

Brandon turned to look at her, “How much more time?”

Sophia didn’t know. Her emotions had been a rollercoaster today, and she hadn’t had a moment to stop and think it all through. “I can only give you a week and a half.”

“The new company launches next Friday. If you’re not there, consider it a forfeit,” Brandon said as he thrust the contract into her hands. “If you don’t show, I’ll replace you on the Zenithan-style resort project. I’d rather ditch the plan than have to bring someone new on board halfway through.”

Without waiting for her to respond, he started the car again, “I’ll drop you back at the hotel.”

After dropping Sophia off at the hotel and just as he got back into his car, Don called.

“How are you two doing?” Don sounded worried on the phone, “Everything okay?”

“It’s fine.”

“And the designer, I mean Sophia.” Don corrected himself, “How’s she holding up? Is she feeling better?”

“She’s fine.”

Is she taking it? And the position of head

“I don’t know.”

know what

wait until next Friday,” Brandon said, “If she shows, she stays

would be such

else can I say? Didn’t you see your star designer is ready to pay up

for words, “Alright, I’ll figure

about to hang up, Brandon cut in, “How long has Sophia been at

“A year.”

out of

question, “What could be out of the ordinary for a girl? Just the usual work, off work, attending classes, you know.”

at the restaurant about whether the child was still there, Don hesitated, “You’re not suspecting she had a kid behind your back, are you? That’s not likely. I met her the first time you came to Wye City, and she hasn’t changed much over the year. She hasn’t gained weight, and there’s been no talk of a child. Plus, her classmate works with us and has never mentioned anything,” Don

me her classmate’s

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“Huh?”

need to talk

Brandon and called Sylvia to explain the situation before passing her number to Brandon.

his car downstairs

dialed Sylvia’s number but stopped midway, thinking it over. She was close to Sophia, and it

out, took one last look at the brightly lit

home but went to

years old, the house didn’t look overly aged. Instead, it had a quiet dignity that comes with time.

that house

there for over two decades. It wasn’t that they couldn’t afford to move, but the Frost patriarch feared that if they did, Yolanda wouldn’t be able to find her way home if she ever

disappearance, Brandon rarely visited, so his late-night arrival took everyone by surprise, especially Louis, who was already in his pajamas ready for bed. Hearing that Brandon had come, he made an

he spoke, he called up

appeared at the top of the staircase, looking down at

been in touch since that incident in Wye City two years

at Martin, then turned to Louis, “I’m here to see

excitement, “So you came especially for Yoli, eh? She’s in her room.”

to

Brandon, “How did

“I heard.”