The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 320

Brandon's forehead veins were pulsing like mad, trying to hold back his emotions. The way he was looking at Sophia was fierce and intense, like he was about to go ballistic.

Palms sweating up a storm, Sophia was wound up so tight from the tension that her recently bumped head was spinning more and more.

Her fingernails were digging into her palms, the pain keeping her brain from totally fogging up.

The thought of protecting her kid trumped everything else.

She could live without Brandon, but she couldn't go on without Theresa.

Brandon's dad had made his stance crystal clear-they weren't going to welcome Theresa with open arms.

Sophia knew Daniel and Patricia all too well. If they weren't keen on you, they had a whole arsenal of ways to knock your confidence and bring the pain.

And they sure would know how to hurt a kid.

Physical wounds heal, but the scars from words and attitudes stick around forever.

In the same city, with Brandon's parents, and in an age where everyone's connected, she can't just put up walls and expect to keep them out.

Sophia wasn't about to let Theresa go through what she'd been through.

Adults can patch themselves up, but kids? Not so much. And she couldn't put her trust in Brandon. Their divorce was the end product of a slow build-up of

but reality hadn't given her a chance to start

digging her nails in deeper, her face turning whiter during the

her go pale and forced himself to

glance, he let go of her hand

that clattered against the

paused for a moment outside the

the

face-off had drained her of all her

and, without a word, scooped her up in his

to get down on

Brandon, expressionless, pinned down her

push me." His voice was

so tight, Sophia had no strength left to fight back. He carried her downstairs, put her in the car, and then, circling around to the driver's side, got

home. Not her current place at River-View Community, nor his place, but the

lived in for two years. A choking feeling hit her as the familiar scenery

Sophia straightened up instinctively.

please." Her voice was a low

ignored her, and stepped

I don't want to go back there. Please, I just

paid her no

stopped in the all-too-familiar underground garage, Sophia shoved the