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.

Sophia's room, saw it was quiet, but felt a bit uneasy, so he nudged

feather-light,

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

pillow, half her body squished on it, clinging to the sense of security it gave

use him as one, often ending up snuggled against him mid-sleep, one arm and leg thrown

favored curling up on her side, body instinctively bent like a shrimp, the fetal

resting face,

had painstakingly punched in last night,

back at Sophia on

soundly, oblivious to

a silent moment, his fingers twitched slightly, dialing the number Theresa had

from customer service floated in:

curled Brandon's lips, he shook his head with

he quietly closed the door, hit the supermarket downstairs to grab some

out. Brandon didn't wake

nap was deep and long, 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 the living room, only to freeze at the sight of Brandon busy at the computer. She blinked, still

typing and turned to

nodded slowly:

something to

the kitchen without any sign of

and didn't feel right keeping him around too

eat," Sophia

to her, silent, but his scrutinizing eyes

a nice meal. Was planning to treat myself this

eyed her for a moment, then

agreed: "Cool. I'll

to leave, she couldn't help but glance back at him: "I was thinking of inviting Cindy and Mr.

mind," Brandon said, deliberate with every

lips: "Then maybe

to tick me off?" Brandon

slightly, avoiding eye contact, "You're making it hard

watched her in silence for a good while, then slowly

without a hint of annoyance or anger. His sudden easygoing attitude caught Sophia off