Chapter 168

Sophia was on board with that.

She figured Brandon probably wasn’t a fan of women crying, so during the years she knew him, whether it was senior year or the two years they were hitched, she always kept a tight lid on her emotions in front of him..

But she didn’t see it coming that Brandon would cut short his sleuthing because of Cindy’s waterworks.

“He hit you up after that?” Sophia asked.

“Nah,” Cindy shook her head, “just stopped me on my way out to peek at my phone, wanted to see the chat history with you. But chill, I wiped our chat clean, nothing left to find,” Cindy quickly added, then, unable to contain her curiosity, gave Sophia a look, “So, what’s the deal with you and Mr. Crawley?”

Sophia hesitated, “We were high school classmates.”

She skirted around the fact that they were once married.

Cindy was taken aback.

“Don’t tell me it’s one of those stories, high school sweethearts, split over some dramatic misunderstanding, now it’s a

bittersweet reunion?”

She sniffed out the scent of a reunion with Brandon, one tinged with unfulfilled longing and resentment.

Sophia just smiled. “Nah, that’s not it.”

Date? As if,”

and didn’t pry further.

her to keep the police station run-in under wraps, especially the bit about the kid. Not everyone’s cool with the idea of sperm

and agreed to keep

call and came back

wasn’t really in the mood to keep looking. The place was a simple two-bedroom flat, more than enough for a studio..

with good schools, parks, and shopping nearby, not too far from her company,

with decent property management and cleanliness. The internal greenery and kids’ facilities were on

one,” Sophia

The realtor was ecstatic, “So, about the one upstairs.”

the larger apartment upstairs, a

first, but upon meeting him, she opted to

knew what he was about to ask and cut him off.

the realtor agreed promptly.

followed him back to the shop to sign the lease.

a

had disappeared into the distance that Sophia headed back to the real

the big

puzzled, not used to someone wanting to see more

who’s also looking to

thrilled and quickly escorted Sophia back to see

unit she’d rented, on the eighth

and light were indeed better than the smaller flat, with a cozy, warm off-white decor and even a kids room ready to

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