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,” she

convinced, and didn’t pry further.

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 babies, and she wasn’t keen on being gossiped about.

coming from and agreed to keep it zipped

realtor had finished a call and came back

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

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

take this one,” Sophia said.

realtor was ecstatic, “So, about the one upstairs.”

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

the upstairs unit first, but upon meeting him, she opted

was about to ask and cut him off.

the realtor agreed

followed him back to the shop to

to a meal

disappeared into the distance that Sophia

at the big

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

who’s also looking to rent,” Sophia

realtor was thrilled and quickly escorted Sophia back to see the

rented, on the eighth

indeed better than the smaller flat, with a cozy, warm off-white decor and even

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