The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 280

"Sure."

Brandon nodded and headed to the movie theater on the fifth floor of the mall with

her.

The theater wasn't exactly packed on a weekday, and the counter was pretty quiet.

Together, they strolled to the counter, glanced at the showtimes on the screen, then Brandon turned to Sophia, "Which one do you wanna catch?"

Sophia also looked up at the list of movies, which were mostly rom-coms, except for one offbeat mystery horror flick.

She pointed at the mystery horror movie, "How about that one?"

"It's starting soon," she added.

Brandon gave her a look.

He vaguely remembered that she was all about romance movies.

Back in their school days, when he took her to the movies, she'd outright nix any horror films at the counter, eventually settling for a popular tearjerker teen

romance.

He wasn't keen on those flicks, but she was so engrossed in the movie theater that he didn't interrupt her, just tagged along bored out of his mind through what he considered a total time-waster of a teen movie.

Brandon remembered how Sophia had been bawling her eyes out back then.

Sophia obviously recalled that embarrassing moment too, and gave a sheepish laugh, "I've grown up now, I'm more into dramas."

Brandon just nodded, "Mhm."

He didn't remind her that she once told him she couldn't handle horror movies.

That time a horror movie DVD case had landed on her desk by accident, she freaked out just glancing at it, tossing it aside like it was hot.

As a kid, she was stuck alone in the woods for days and nights, and after being brought back by Haley, no one really looked after her, so it made sense she'd often be left alone at home and scared to watch horror movies.

the poster's plot summary, relieved that the movie leaned more towards a deep-sea disaster film, and

tickets were

snagged a tub of popcorn and a couple of

just as the film started, with only a few scattered souls in the vast

had snagged seats in

had its share of mystery

and halfway through, the theater

turned to look at

the big screen, calm as a cucumber,

scared of horror movies had slowly become unbreakable on

Sophia turned her head in

a small smile without a

and refocused on the

movie

out, other girls clutched their chests, still spooked,

to their dates as they

Sophia remained composed

time, only frowning

untouched popcorn and drinks.

were fans of munching

looked at

they left the

shifted

right after

expressing

feeling a lot

thanks as they

glancing at the residential building behind her, "It's

I'll walk you home."

but then

walked her up to her apartment on the 15th floor, the same two-bedroom

switch on the lights, and

get some

Sophia nodded lightly, "Okay."