The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 300

Susan shot back a text pretty quickly: "Yeah, I know, caught it on the front door cam."

Perhaps it's the rub-off from living together with Sophia for so long, Susan, who used to be a bit of a scatterbrain, has gotten just as cautious.

Theresa didn't wait for Sophia to return and thought about heading downstairs to look for her, but she's sensible and didn't want to intrude on Sophia's work, so she hit up Susan for her phone to give Sophia a ring.

Susan got Sophia. She's all about punctuality and always kept her words. If she said she'll be back at a certain time, she will. If not, something must be up. So, this whole thing didn't really seem like Sophia's style, which was why Susan turned on the door cam app to check.

The cam at Sophia's place can catch the view across to the other house's front door, and through the app, Susan spotted Brandon stepping out.

She also saw him escorting Sophia back to the 15th floor earlier.

Their high-sensitivity cam worked well, even a cat sneaking by would trigger a notification.

Sophia already guessed Susan was spying through the cam and replied with a "Gotcha," put down her phone, and was about to rest when Susan's text popped up, full of curiosity, "Why's Brandon here all of a sudden?"

"He bought the condo across the hall."

Susan was surprised at this.

Sophia was dead beat and not up for a chat: "Gonna catch some Z's, let Theresa know, okay?"

Susan sent an "OK" gesture: "Sleep tight."

Sophia killed her phone's screen, put it on the nightstand, and hit the sack.

She was out like a light the moment her eyes shut.

Brandon didn't barge in to disturb her. He still had stuff to sort out, fingers flying over the keyboard as the sleeping computer came back to life.

The screen was locked. Sophia hadn't shared her password, but Brandon remembered she used to set it to something as pointless as "1234."

He gave those digits a shot, and bingo, the computer unlocked, revealing the desktop.

Brandon spotted the design proposal she hadn't closed, it was still rough around the edges.

He minimized the app, pulled up his email, and dove into work.

the computer, glanced towards Sophia's room, saw it was quiet, but felt a bit uneasy, so he nudged the door

feather-light, didn't

asleep, hands neatly placed in front of her belly as if afraid of squashing something.

she'd hug a pillow, half her body squished on it, clinging

often ending up snuggled against him mid-sleep, one arm

change, but still favored curling up on her side, body instinctively

her sleep so still before. He glanced at Sophia's resting face, then his

painstakingly punched in last night, his fingers hovering over

back at Sophia

soundly, oblivious to

his fingers twitched slightly, dialing

as a polite voice from customer service floated in: "Hello, the number you have dialed

smile curled Brandon's lips, he shook his head with a chuckle, then looked back

didn't disturb her. Instead, he quietly closed the door, hit the supermarket downstairs to grab some fresh ingredients, and whipped up lunch

noon, Sophia was still out. Brandon didn't wake

and when she woke up at four in the afternoon, her brain was foggy, not quite sure if it was day or night. She freshened up, wandered into

and turned to her:

nodded slowly:

Brandon stood up, "Go have something to eat. I'll warm it up

to the kitchen

to leave and didn't feel right keeping

Sophia suggested. "Let's eat

scrutinizing eyes

she kept her cool: "Been ages since I had a nice meal. Was planning to

would go out and eat alone. He eyed her for a moment, then nodded: "I'll join you. Been a while

agreed: "Cool. I'll go

she turned to leave, she couldn't help but glance back at him: "I was thinking of inviting Cindy and Mr. Dempsey. They've been a big help; been wanting to take them out for a

said, deliberate with every

"Then maybe

tick me off?" Brandon asked, all

head slightly, avoiding eye contact,

her in silence for a good while, then

a hint of annoyance or anger.