The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 341

Sophia had to tilt her head back to look at him, her eyes rimming red, not saying a word, just silently enduring his rage.

"Speak up!" Brandon's long fingers tightened on her chin, his eyes blazing, "From the get-go, you never planned on letting me know about our daughter. You had no intention of including me in your lives."

Her throat constricted even more, but she nodded faintly. "Yes."

Her nod brought a twinge of pain to her chin, but he quickly let go.

His eyes, still red, bore into her, a tempest of fury swirling in their depths, a storm of anger so intense it was as if he wanted to strangle her yet was holding back with all his might.

"Don't you feel even a shred of guilt towards me?" His eyes, bloodshot, locked onto hers, his voice eerily calm amid the maelstrom of rage, each word dropping like shards of ice, "Never cared, not even a little bit?"

Sophia bit her lower lip, staying silent.

Brandon's fingers pressed slightly harder. "Sophia, don't make me duke it out with you in a custody battle over our kid."

Tears started welling up uncontrollably in her eyes once more.

She looked at Brandon. "That's the reason."

even your parents came to warn me off, stopping just short of telling me to stop bugging you and Ms. Frost. Yolanda came back too. In that situation, I was carrying your child, what was I supposed to do? I really didn't want her then, I just wanted to be as far from you and your family as possible, to never see you again in my life, so I went to the hospital, I was determined to terminate the pregnancy, I was already on the operating table, but

Architects for two more years after graduating, and once I had some achievements, I'd take her back

come looking for me, why did Don have to be an

and had high hopes for

had to pause several times before continuing. "I even thought about giving up, taking Theresa and running far away, but this was my career that was finally looking up, something I achieved through sleepless nights of study and work while pregnant, it's the capital I rely on to survive and raise my child, I need this project,

did think about whether to tell you or not. That's why I asked you, when you were taking me to the airport, if you'd thought about remarrying, and you

when I see my daughter clueless about what a father is? You think I don't wish she could have a dad's love like

that misunderstanding, nor do I want her to think her existence is just a tool for her mom to marry into wealth. I just want her

Sophia was almost

complex gaze, his handsome face tense, his Adam's apple bobbing

also wanted to leave openly and

but clear, his eyes still somewhat red as they fixed on her, "Sophia, I've told you plainly, I won't let you go, and I sure as hell won't let you take my

she glanced at him sadly, then turned to push open

cracked open when Brandon, lunging forward, slammed it

pushed against him, but he

hers, fingers entwined, pressing her firmly down

still should have been me. Every sleepless night you spent caring for our child, the moment she started kicking, the moment she was born, when she first lifted her head, rolled over, crawled, walked, spoke... every moment of her growth, it should have been me there with you both. But you've robbed me of all those moments as a father, and I can't miss out on her future, nor can

have, I will take care of them. These problems didn't build up in a day, and they won't be solved overnight. All I can promise is that the situations you're worried about will never happen. I can't let