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, fostering a

and regret over losing his granddaughter, and his health had suffered significantly from years of emotional strain. As he was facing his final days with remorse and

Martin's shoes,

as an observer, his feelings were

sweet memory from his youth. He had thought Yolanda had really been found, only to realize it was

a bit down and his gaze shifted

grabbed a bottle of already opened alcohol from the table, poured himself a full glass, and downed

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

"Sophia doing okay?"

Brandon nodded slightly. "Yeah."

"That's good."

drifting to Sophia, feeling a

was also to fulfill the dying wish

his life alone holding on to someone who might be gone. He didn't care much for family

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

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

to play

role was tied

Sophia's unusual behavior that

it was because of this complexity in his heart that when

help but pay extra

as usual, her face and eyes calm and serene, embodying her typical unruffled and stable demeanor; she was focused on