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.

he wrapped up around 11, he turned off the computer, glanced towards Sophia's room,

touch was feather-light, didn't

afraid of squashing something. Brandon remembered Sophia's sleep posture

her body squished on it, clinging

they got married, she ditched the pillow but would unconsciously use him as one, often ending

she realized, maybe out of embarrassment, she tried to change, but still favored curling up on her side, body instinctively bent

before. He glanced at Sophia's resting face,

had painstakingly punched in last

looked back at Sophia on the

oblivious to him

twitched slightly, dialing the number Theresa had

the phone to his ear, eyes fixed on the nightstand, as a polite voice from customer service floated in:

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

the door, hit the supermarket downstairs to grab some fresh ingredients, and whipped up

Sophia was still out. Brandon

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,

turned to her: "You're

nodded slowly: "You're still

stood up, "Go have something to eat.

to the kitchen without any sign of

leave and

don't want eat," Sophia suggested. "Let's

but his scrutinizing eyes sent

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

a moment, then nodded: "I'll join you. Been a while since

agreed: "Cool. I'll go

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

Brandon said, deliberate with

her lips: "Then

you trying to tick me

eye contact, "You're making it hard for

silence for a good while, then

steady, without a hint of annoyance or