The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 202

Sophia was at home, swamped with work when she got the message.

The new firm had just landed a gig for an architectural design, a whole real estate project. She was deep-diving into the client's needs at home.

When Sophia saw Kent's message pop up, she did a double-take, puzzled as to why he'd suddenly hit her up for Susan's WhatsApp.

She shot him a text back real quick, [What's up? You need Susan's WhatsApp for something?]

"It's no biggie." Kent seemed a bit shy asking for a girl's contact - maybe it was his first time, [Isn't Susan in Skyrim City? I'm just here with Mr. Crawley on a biz trip, and figured since I'm in town, why not catch up for a meal and settle the tab of dinners I owe her.]

Sophia's heart skipped a beat, [So, you're on a business trip in there?]

She was clueless that they had jetted off, especially to somewhere as far as Skyrim City.

Ever since Brandon declared they'd keep out of each other's hair last night, she hadn't caught sight of him. She didn't bump into him at the cafeteria today either. Sophia figured he must have grabbed a bite outside or dodged the lunch rush, not that he had taken off on a business trip.

Kent, oblivious to Sophia's thoughts, texted back pronto, [Yup, got some merger talks and a new mall opening, so we'll be hanging around here for a bit. Perfect chance to invite Susan out.]

Sophia read his reply, her emotions all over the place, unable to quite pin down the taste.

[Mind if I check with her first? She's not too keen on keeping ties with folks here, doesn't want any unnecessary drama.] She texted back to Kent.

Kent, recalling the scoop he got about Susan's family drama, nodded understandingly, [Cool, run it by her first.]

[Okay.]

replying to Kent, Sophia pinged Susan with a message, [Kent's in there with Brandon on a work thing, and asked for your WhatsApp to

he want inviting me out to eat

on the other side

you a couple of meals from way back." Sophia explained, looking at her, "Still hung up over some

"Stop!"

"There's nothing between us, no connection. I bet he's just running

me Brandon

"I don't think so."

dismissed it in a flash. With Brandon's nature, his word to steer clear meant just that;

barely knew each other,

night's incident, Susan furrowed her brows, "How

chuckled and shook her

going on

talk further, Susan didn't pry but cautioned her, "Something smells

and the moment Mr. Crawley needs me, suddenly it's lunch dates. It's as clear

urged Sophia, "Don't bother

"You don't need to worry about me. I just don't want you to miss out on a good match; Kent's a decent guy. And if it really is Brandon pulling the strings, you did promise to take him out for a meal in Skyrim City, remember? Now he's actually there, and you're dodging him. With his sharp wits, he'll probably guess you're not

with the kid. That was part

was behind the invite, but didn't want to get it wrong.

the probing from her

after a moment's thought, "If he insists it's his boss asking, then, I guess, give

"That's kinda awkward."