The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 126

Chapter 126

Kent nodded in agreement, “You can do it too, just gotta save up some cash.”

Mentioning this, Cindy was upset.

“I heard it costs an arm and a leg, like hundreds of thousands. If that’s true, I can kiss

my

dreams goodbye.”

Cindy sighed heavily, unwittingly following Kent to the staff cafeteria, her chatter non-stop. “I was gonna add that girl on WhatsApp to get the lowdown, but she wasn’t having it, so no luck there.”

“It’s normal. After all, it’s personal stuff,” Kent responded without any judgment, “Having a bit of guard up is no biggie.”

“I get it,” Cindy said, still a bit bummed out, “But she doesn’t know me, and I don’t know her, so who am I gonna talk to?” Kent let out a dry chuckle.

Brandon quickened his pace to distance himself from the chatterboxes. He really wasn’t a fan of the never-ending buzz in his

ears.

Kent, who was good at reading the room, zipped his lips as soon as he noticed Brandon’s reaction, knowing they were being too noisy.

Cindy, the newbie who only knew Kent and wasn’t familiar with Brandon, cluelessly followed Kent, mimicking his every move as they got their food and sat down together.

Kent, who followed Brandon’s lead, felt uneasy when he saw Cindy tagging along and sat down with them, sneaking a glance at Brandon.

Brandon just kept his head down and ate, ignoring the duo.

Cindy, young and lively, was itching to keep the conversation going, but Kent gave a little cough to hint at the situation.

she was talking too much and clammed up, sneaking curious

wanting to annoy Brandon, especially since he had personally brought her into the company, coughed again, reluctantly steering the conversation back to work. “How are you settling

way, Mr. Dempsey said during my interview to shadow the head designer.

on his food, talk about hitting a nerve.

but steal

was still serenely eating

at Kent, puzzled.

gave another little cough,

eating, “Let’s focus on the meal for now,” all the while sneaking looks at

down his cutlery. His phone had rung.

furrowed in confusion, then he picked up the call,

seemed there was no response on

watched as Brandon’s frown deepened, then he took the phone away from his ear, glanced at the screen, cut

out, but when the phone switched to call

ear, his expression calm but with a hint of

her phone was ringing.

and after leaving the police station, she went straight to

district had an ancient alley known for selling

costume stores.

to spare before heading back to Wye City, Sophia

season, and the alley was so crowded it

button, which

swiping across her phone screen, opening recent calls, and somehow dialing Brandon’s number-the same one he had insisted

in a store and was about to pay when she noticed a string

and upon recognizing the familiar number, she

noticing her hesitation, called out, “Miss?”

snapped back to reality, gave her an apologetic smile, left the recent calls screen, paid with a scan of her phone, and took the clothes. Only then did she open the phone log again and saw her accidental call

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