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.”

As if,”

seeming convinced, and didn’t pry further.

to keep the police station run-in under wraps, especially the bit about the kid. Not everyone’s cool with the idea of sperm bank babies, and she wasn’t keen on being gossiped

was coming from and agreed to keep it zipped

and came

keep looking. The place was a simple two-bedroom

her company, but not too close either-just the right distance from the Crawleys and out of Brandon’s commuting path.

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

one,”

“So, about

to know if Sophia was still interested in taking a look at the larger apartment upstairs, a spacious three-bedroom

upon meeting him, she

ask and cut him off. “This

realtor agreed promptly.

to the shop

a meal and

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

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

realtor was puzzled, not used to someone wanting to see more flats

who’s also looking to

quickly escorted

seventh-floor unit she’d rented, on the eighth floor,

a cozy, warm off-white decor and even a kids room ready to go.

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