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.”

being at a loss for

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

about her disgust and despair over not being

years ago, she ultimately couldn’t bring herself to give up the

that to sever ties with Brandon completely, the child couldn’t

she actually lay on the operating table,

with Brandon, it was about not giving up on

though she was too young to feel her heartbeat, just the thought of her coming to find Sophia, choosing her to be her mother, and Sophia

bear not to

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

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

at having her own family, perhaps the

resembled someone else, but simply because she wanted her to be her mother.

she didn’t 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

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

room, Sophia knew that unless the child didn’t want her,

father and keeping the

never know about the child, and the child’s existence wouldn’t disturb

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well, despite it being hard, she was

regretted her decision that day at the hospital.