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.

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

were

a tub of popcorn and

into the screening hall just as the film started, with

and Sophia had snagged seats in

run-of-the-mill, but still had its share of

the theater echoed

turned to

properly, eyes fixed intently on the big screen, calm as a cucumber, her expression unflustered by

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

the focused Sophia turned her head in confusion and

flashed her a small smile without a

and

movie zipped

girls clutched their chests,

their dates as they walked

Sophia remained composed

only frowning slightly at

untouched popcorn and drinks.

were fans of munching

looked at her,

and they left the

the thrilling movie had shifted her

than right

skimp on expressing

a lot better now,

whispered her thanks as they left

the residential building

I'll walk you home."

hesitated, but then

on the 15th floor, the same two-bedroom

watched her unlock the door, switch on

back, get

Sophia nodded lightly, "Okay."