The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 267

She couldn't even bear to look at him.

One moment they were all over each other, hot and heavy, and the next they were sitting across a negotiation table. It felt weirdly complicated.

Hooking up wasn't something she'd seen coming.

Sure, she was into Brandon's bod, but she hadn't planned on going there with him again.

But when he leaned in for that kiss, she definitely didn't put up much of a fight against temptation.

All it took was a little sweet talk or a touch of tenderness from Brandon, and she was putty in his hands.

Even though she knew this was the case, when it was confirmed once more, Sophia felt a whirlwind of emotions-frustrated, defeated, and a tad bit of self- loathing.

Brandon caught the hint of resignation in her expression.

"Do you regret it?" he asked, his voice totally even.

Sophia shook her head slightly. "Nope."

feels a bit awkward, that's all," she

wasn't the word. She had enjoyed herself and didn't feel shortchanged. It was more about kicking herself for not keeping

pointed out. "And it's

turned her head away. "Can

out in a setting that felt like a business meeting, even though the

"Okay."

nodded, his hands slowly intertwined on the

too ashamed to face him, and the words he'd been about to say got stuck in his

after work, saying she hoped he'd find someone right for him, he'd been fuming internally. That simmering anger had grown from her indifference in the elevator to her nonchalance at the park gate and had ballooned when she witnessed him with another woman at dinner, still unfazed. Her casual goodbye had finally snapped his

reason.

hell-bent on tearing through her cool indifference. Yet, this near-insane urge turned into an indescribable ache at the sight of her tears, a turmoil of emotions that he tried to suppress

"do you really not

realized what he was getting

then looked at him. "I thought it

own

her, questioning, his calmness

entanglements," said Sophia softly, looking