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

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

coming from and agreed to keep it zipped

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

wasn’t really in the mood to keep looking. The place was a simple

far from her company, but not too close either-just the

property management and cleanliness. The internal greenery and kids’ facilities were on point, making

one,”

was ecstatic, “So, about the one

at the larger

wanted to see the upstairs unit first, but upon meeting him, she opted

ask and cut him off.

the realtor agreed promptly.

to the shop to

a meal and called

disappeared into the distance that Sophia

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

to someone wanting to see

a friend who’s also looking to

and quickly escorted Sophia

rented, on the eighth floor, a short

smaller flat, with a

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