The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 199

"Thanks for that, Mr. Gardner."

Sophia's voice was warm and gentle as she expressed her gratitude.

As her soft voice hit Brandon's ears, his thumb paused on the phone screen mid- scroll through his emails, then he casually continued as if nothing had happened.

Sophia didn't notice him. She followed Zachary into the house, handing over the health supplements she was carrying.

"Here, I brought some nourishing goodies for you and Mrs. Gardner."

"You showing up is plenty, why bother bringing gifts? Seriously."

Zachary playfully chastised her as he took the supplements from Sophia and ushered her inside. It was only when Sophia stepped into the living room that she noticed Brandon sitting on the couch, causing her to hesitate for a moment.

Thinking she was surprised to see a stranger in the house, Zachary explained with a smile, "We've got a guest today. I was just about to introduce you."

Zachary moved to stand between Brandon and Sophia.

"This here is the current CEO of the Starlight Group, Mr. Brandon Crawley." He said, gesturing towards Brandon before turning to introduce Sophia, "And this is Sophia Yearwood, one of my former students, fresh out of Apex Engineering University."

Brandon glanced at Sophia, his lips moving slightly, "Hello."

Sophia, a bit hesitant, returned the greeting, "Hi."

"No need for formalities between you youngsters." Zachary chuckled, "You guys chat for a bit; I'll go see if Jolin is done in the kitchen."

turned to leave, and Sophia instinctively followed, "Maybe I

to help out. Just sit tight and keep our guest

with a smile, "Have

disappeared into the kitchen, leaving the two young people alone

little granddaughter rocking by herself on the other side, the spacious living room only contained

a newspaper from the rack next to him, calm and focused,

the other end of the couch, her gaze falling

the long couch, the two sat

at her, grew curious. Her rocking horse came to a halt,

opened her arms, "Come here for a

little girl tentatively inched closer and slowly nestled into Sophia's arms. Sophia lifted her onto her lap and picked up a picture book from nearby, flipping through it

moment of shyness, the little girl warmed up and began eagerly discussing the stories on the pages with

stroked her hair and listened patiently, offering praise that made the little girl

glanced over at them, his expression momentarily

in confusion, their eyes unexpectedly meeting, and she saw the

shifting

cast baffled glances at those two; his brows unwittingly furrowed, not able to understand the strange atmosphere between

who was holding some dishes also,

at the two in the living room, "Maybe there are not many topics

easy to bring up any topic," Zachary frowned the entire

a bit deal, "It'll be better once they get more in touch." Then she called for those two from the

that, she continued with fetching the dishes from

and went there to help. The little girl Sophia held before

placed them on the table.