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.”

quite picture Brandon being at a loss for

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

and despair over not being

ago, she ultimately couldn’t bring herself

told her that to sever ties with

when she actually lay on the operating table, she was

parting ways with Brandon, it was about

thought of her coming to find Sophia, choosing her to be her

couldn’t bear not to

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

family, but she had a home without a home, never truly having a family of her

represented her most recent chance at having

chose her not because she resembled someone else, but simply because she wanted her to be

and she was mentally prepared to do it alone. She had everything ready, yet she still had to give up on her child because she didn’t want to have any ties with the father, Sophia thought of

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

of the surgery room, Sophia knew that unless the child didn’t want her, she could never give her up, no matter

leaving the father and keeping

know about the child, and the child’s existence wouldn’t disturb Brandon’s family

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well, despite it being hard, she was happy and

decision