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.”

Crawley? Date? As if,” she said.

nodded, seeming convinced, and didn’t

just gently reminded her to keep the police station run-in under wraps, especially the bit about the kid. Not everyone’s

agreed

a call and came back to ask about Sophia’s rental intentions.

in the mood to keep looking. The place was a simple two-bedroom flat, more than enough for a

parks, and shopping nearby, not too far from her company, but not too close either-just the right distance from the Crawleys and out of

complex was fairly new, with decent property management and cleanliness. The internal greenery and kids’ facilities were

this one,” Sophia

The realtor was ecstatic, “So,

the

first, but upon meeting him, she

knew what he was about to ask and cut him

realtor agreed promptly.

back to

Sophia treated Cindy to a meal and called her

the distance

a look at the big three-bedder upstairs,” she said.

puzzled, not used to someone wanting to see more flats right after signing

also

escorted Sophia back

rented, on the

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

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