The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 170

Brandon spent the whole night sitting on the balcony, letting the night breeze kiss his face.

He'd never really done this before, just sat in solitude for a whole night, reflecting, taking stock.

Usually, even when thoughts of Sophia popped into his head, he'd quickly shove them aside and redirect his focus to studying or work, not indulging in memories or longing.

But that night, out of the blue, he was hit with a wave of nostalgia for their senior year, for that girl who was a bit shy at first, but after getting to know her, she turned out to be sweet with a mischievous streak.

He remembered a time when Sophia let her guard down around him.

After sharing a desk for half a semester, they built a familiarity and an unspoken bond. She still had her moments of bashfulness, but beneath that, there was a playful cunning that was uniquely youthful.

She'd act coquettishly, stick close to him, be a bit of a brat, show her temper, but then she'd quickly make peace, like a little girl who never grew up.

In the second semester, she even took the initiative to move back to his corner.

They were quite close for a good while.

class where they weren't too familiar

closeness and a dependency that

all her forwardness, all her cute tricks and tantrums around him

exceptionally well-behaved and sensible, losing all her previous

school, she quietly walked out

ago, the grown-up her was even

fussy, not noisy, but the high school girl who was shy yet sly, who'd pout and

missed that Sophia from senior year, the one with the heart of a little

the office, Brandon ran into Sophia in the

didn't bother with the executive elevator,

As the doors

the swarm, Brandon spotted Sophia following the

moment before she calmly looked away, standing quietly in a corner

epitome of what she had said about being strangers,

he had

just letting his gaze drift over the crowd, settling on