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

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 had really cut ties completely, and pressed her to tell the truth about whether the child was still there. In

over not being able to cut ties completely

abortion clinic two years ago, she ultimately couldn’t bring herself

ties with Brandon completely, the child couldn’t

actually lay on the operating table, she was

wasn’t about parting ways with Brandon, it was about not giving up

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

couldn’t bear not to

had chosen her

she had a home

her most recent chance at having her own family, perhaps the only chance.

resembled someone else, but simply

the financial means to raise her independently, 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 the little one being abandoned, reaching out with those round, helpless, scared eyes, wanting her to

to proceed with the surgery and eventually wheeled her out of the

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

and keeping the child seemed the best way to not disturb each

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

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she’d done well, despite it

had never regretted her decision that day at the