The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 281

Although Don kept saying that, he didn't have the guts to actually leave Martin hanging and eventually stepped in to rescue him from Brandon's clutches.

Martin had a ring of bruises around his mouth.

He didn't fight back, just gently touched the bruise with the back of his finger, then slowly stood up straight and looked at Brandon.

"Brandon, you've got someone you want to protect, and I've got mine. This whole name-dropping business was mutual from the start, no one was twisting anyone's arm. If she's cool with it, great, we can all work together and have a blast. If not, no one's forcing her to jump on board. If Ms. Yearwood is making such a fuss about this, you probably know better than me why that is. Taking it out on me won't change a thing."

Brandon looked at him. "That's no excuse to disrespect Sophia."

Martin's lips curled up slightly, then he continued, "All I want is for Grandpa to live out his days without regrets. I'm not here to cater to everyone else's feelings."

"You think you're saving him from regrets, but did you ever ask if this is what he wanted?" Don couldn't help but interject, "What if he finds out you've lied to him."

Martin cut him off. "He won't find out."

He turned to Don. "All that matters to me is that he enjoys the rest of his life. As for what happens after his death, truth or not won't matter by then."

With that, Martin walked away without looking back.

Don watched his retreating figure, sighed heavily, and didn't follow.

Although he didn't agree with Martin's approach, he could understand it.

mentored by their grandfather,

facing his final days with remorse

in Martin's shoes, he might have done the

an observer, his feelings

Yolanda weren't as deep as Brandon's, but she was still a sweet memory from his youth. He had thought Yolanda had really been found, only

felt a bit down and

himself a full glass, and downed a big

patted his shoulder in a comforting way, tactfully avoiding the topic of Yolanda,

"Sophia doing okay?"

Brandon nodded slightly. "Yeah."

"That's good."

his thoughts drifting to Sophia, feeling a

marriage to Sophia was also to fulfill the dying wish

grandson to spend his life alone holding on to someone who might be gone. He didn't

a pregnant Sophia and they got married, allowing the old man to pass away

Martin wanted to fulfill his grandfather's sense of debt to his granddaughter by using the

Sophia was made to play the role

her role was

understand Sophia's unusual behavior

complexity in his heart that when he saw

the next day, Don couldn't help but pay extra attention

her face and eyes calm and serene, embodying her typical unruffled and stable