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.]

with a message, [Kent's in there with Brandon on a work thing, and asked for your WhatsApp to grab a meal with you.] Susan hit back with a string of [???????] and immediately made a video

inviting me

totally befuddled on the other side of

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

"Stop!"

between us, no connection. I bet he's just running errands for

me Brandon put him

"I don't think so."

Brandon's nature, his word to steer clear meant just that; he wouldn't go out of his way to arrange a meet-up with

knew each other,

Susan furrowed her brows, "How can you

and shook her head, "Just

smile, "What's going on with

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

moment Mr. Crawley needs me, suddenly it's lunch dates. It's

Susan urged Sophia, "Don't

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 even in

Susan had come to help with the kid. That was part of why Sophia told Kent

didn't want to get it wrong. She could never fully read Brandon's depth and

remembering the probing from her last

my contact." Susan decided after a moment's thought, "If he insists it's his boss asking,

"That's kinda awkward."