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.”

Brandon being at

in front of Brandon, the only time was during a dinner with Don’s team, when she found out Brandon wanted to leave, and he suddenly demanded fiercely if she

her disgust and despair over not being able to cut ties completely

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

told her that to sever ties with Brandon completely, the

on the operating table, she was inconsolable

with Brandon, it was about not

thought of her coming to find Sophia, choosing her to be her mother, and Sophia cold-heartedly rejecting her, made her cry

bear not to

person in her life who had chosen her

a home without

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

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

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

proceed with the

she was wheeled out of the surgery room, Sophia knew that unless the child didn’t want her, she could

Brandon further, leaving the father and keeping the

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

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past two years, she’d done well, despite it being hard, she was happy and content.

never regretted her decision that