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 turned to

were

tub of popcorn and a couple of

as the film started,

had snagged seats in the

was run-of-the-mill, but still had its share of mystery and

the

to look

big screen, calm as a cucumber, her expression unflustered by

to be scared of horror movies had slowly become unbreakable on her solo journey to

focused Sophia turned her head in

flashed her a small smile

and refocused on the

movie zipped

the movie let out, other girls clutched their chests, still spooked,

to their dates as

Sophia remained composed

only frowning

untouched popcorn and drinks.

them were fans

looked at her,

and they

movie had shifted her

than right

on expressing

feeling a lot

as they left

residential building

I'll walk you home."

hesitated, but

walked her up to her apartment on the 15th floor, the

unlock the door, switch on the lights,

get

Sophia nodded lightly, "Okay."