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,”

nodded, seeming convinced, and didn’t pry

didn’t elaborate either, just gently reminded 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 bank

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

a call and came back to ask about

The place was a simple two-bedroom

had a prime location, with good schools, parks, and shopping nearby, not too far from her company, but not too close either-just the right distance from the Crawleys

fairly new, with decent property management and cleanliness. The internal greenery and kids’ facilities were on point, making it

this one,” Sophia said.

ecstatic, “So, about the one

interested in taking a look at the larger apartment upstairs, a

unit first, but upon meeting him,

ask and cut him

the realtor

followed him back to the

treated Cindy to a meal and called her

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

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

wanting to see more flats right after signing

also looking to rent,” Sophia explained.

thrilled and quickly escorted Sophia back to see

above the seventh-floor unit she’d rented, on the eighth floor, a short climb

with a cozy,

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