The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 167

“He asked about how we met.” Cindy brought it up, still looking totally puzzled. “No clue why he’d be into that.”

Sophia frowned. “So what did you tell him?”

“I just went with your story, of course. Said we met over a meal, your phone died, and I just casually picked up the tab for you.” “And what did Mr. Crawley say?”

“He grilled me about when and where I picked up the tab, even wanted to see proof of payment,” Cindy said, still feeling weak at the knees. “Mr. Crawley was seriously intimidating then, like he was interrogating a criminal, seemed like he didn’t buy my story at all.”

“He can be pretty intense sometimes,” Sophia chuckled, glancing at him. “Then what happened?”

“I told him I paid in cash.”

“He didn’t buy that, did he?”

Sophia could just picture Brandon’s expressionless face upon hearing that response.

“Exactly.” Cindy nodded earnestly. “He was like, ‘That’s a bit too convenient, and gave me this terrifying look. I just couldn’t stand it and, I couldn’t help it, I burst into tears.”

Sophia thought it was an unexpected turn of events.

Cindy felt a bit embarrassed. “I was seriously under a lot of pressure, couldn’t bother with anything else. And then Mr. Crawley seemed kind of speechless with me, didn’t push further, told me to go home.”

couldn’t quite picture Brandon being at a

Don’s team, when she found out Brandon wanted to leave, and he suddenly demanded fiercely if she had really cut ties completely, and pressed her to tell the truth about whether the child was still there. In that moment, he shattered all her

more about her disgust and despair over not being able to

she ultimately couldn’t bring herself

that to sever ties with Brandon completely, the

on the operating

with Brandon, it was about not giving

to feel her heartbeat, just the thought of her coming to find Sophia, choosing her

bear not to have her.

the only person in her life who had chosen her with such certainty, the only blood relative

but she had a home

child represented her most recent chance at having her own family,

only one who chose her not because she resembled someone else, but simply

want to have any ties with the father, Sophia thought of the little one being abandoned, reaching out with those round, helpless, scared eyes, wanting her to hold her hand, while she cruelly retreated step by step, refusing

doctors and nurses, seeing her so distraught, didn’t dare to proceed with the surgery and eventually wheeled her out

out of the surgery room, Sophia knew that unless the child didn’t want her, she could never give

with Brandon further, leaving the father and keeping the child seemed the best way to not

and the child’s existence wouldn’t disturb Brandon’s

10

years, she’d done well, despite it being hard, she was happy

never regretted her decision that day