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

convinced, and didn’t pry further.

especially the bit about the kid. Not everyone’s cool with the

Sophia was coming from and agreed to keep it zipped without a fuss.

and came back

was a simple two-bedroom flat, more

good schools, parks, and shopping nearby, not too far from her company, but not too close either-just the

with decent property management and cleanliness. The internal greenery and kids’ facilities were on point, making it a good bang for the buck.

take this one,” Sophia

“So, about the one

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

first, but upon meeting him, she opted to check out the

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

realtor agreed

Cindy followed him back to

Sophia treated Cindy to a meal and called her a ride.

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

have a look at the big three-bedder upstairs,”

wanting to see more flats right after signing

who’s also looking to rent,” Sophia

escorted

rented, on the

a cozy, warm off-white decor and even

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