The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 197

When Brandon returned to the office, Kent could tell something was off with him, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

His handsome face was still the usual calm, but beneath that calm, there was a silence as if a thousand rivers had quietly converged into the sea.

Kent couldn't quite describe it. This silence had been deepening ever since Brandon saw Sophia in the cafeteria, but clearly, he wasn't planning on shaking things up.

"When Brandon says he's let go, he might really mean it," Kent thought to himself.

He didn't dare to ask out loud, but Brandon's demeanor made him feel a bit more hesitant to raise a ruckus.

Back in the office, Brandon dove into his work again. To Kent, it seemed like work was the wellspring of all his energy, the thing that could make him forget any discomfort.

While most people might let a bad mood affect their work, Brandon used work to heal his mood issues. But today, Brandon didn't stay late.

As soon as it was time to clock out, he shut down his computer and left.

This unusual behavior took Kent by surprise, prompting him to call out, "Mr. Crawley, you're heading out already?"

"Yep."

With a brief response, Brandon walked past Kent without a glance.

This time, he didn't go for the staff elevator; he took the executive lift straight down. The elevator glided smoothly from the top floor to the underground parking garage without a single stop or encountering anyone.

Brandon drove out of the underground garage, the cool summer breeze flowing through the car windows, carrying the residual warmth of the sun.

very empty inside. Except for the two years he married

no particular anticipation, but also no overly troubling issues. His life had always been as still

in the suburbs, he thought of Zachary Gardner,

few years back, but since they were both busy, and Zachary was still teaching at Sophia's university, not living in the West

in the past couple of years, busy with Building Society stuff, and had

when Sophia was about to drop the Zenitha-style resort project. He had

private villa, where he hosted work and social gatherings, and with Brandon's busy schedule, he rarely visited, never expecting to end up here by

falling silent for a while. As he passed the

was at home, alone in the room, sipping coffee

he looked pleasantly surprised as

he got up

to be passing by; remembered you were back in the West district, so I thought

smiled back at him, stepping forward to

got good timing." Laughed Zachary, "I was

Society today, but it was too hot, so we canceled. Just

I came at just the

"Exactly."

a cup of coffee and handing it over, asking,

the usual,

smile, "Work is important

then asked, "Got a

shook his head with a

"Well, you better hurry