The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 351

"So, what you're saying is, we get back together?" Sophia asked him softly, looking into his eyes. "Like a normal family, give her a complete home?"

Brandon looked back at her, silent, but his cool eyes said it all.

"I can't do it, Brandon." Sophia spoke gently, her voice still soft and calm, not intense, "My child is only a part of my life, not my entire life. I will give my child all my love, but I can't just give in to a life I don't want just for her."

An expected answer. Even though he saw it coming, when it came time to lay it all out on the table, Brandon still felt a sting in his heart.

He fell silent for a moment, and then said to her, "Sophia, I don't need you to cave to anything or change anything. Your life was what it was before, and it can stay that way. All I'm asking is for you to consider making some room for me in your life with Theresa."

"Aren't I doing that now?" Sophia whispered in response, lifting her eyes to meet his, "Theresa recognizes you, accepts you, likes you. You want to spend time with her, even live together - I can't say anything about that. It's your right as her dad, and you have the choice."

"That's not the kind of 'making room' I'm after," Brandon's gaze was steady.

Sophia was taken aback, instinctively looking up at him. Brandon glanced at her, then suddenly stepped closer, dipped his head, and kissed her hard.

Sophia's mind went blank for a moment. As she came to her senses and tried to push him away, Brandon's hands, cradling her face, suddenly tightened, deepening the kiss.

Only when their breathing began to falter did he slowly let her go, but his lips didn't stray far from her neck.

He nipped at her slender neck which was forced to tilt back, and whispered huskily in her ear.

"Sophia, this is the kind of 'making room' I want. I'm not pushing you for marriage, not asking you to live my way. But I hope we can give each other a chance to really get to know one another again, not just coexist politely like tenants."

Sophia didn't speak, and as she raised her hand to push him away, Brandon's lips found hers again, not giving her any time to think.

Sophia's reasoning retreated with his deepening kiss, leaving her no space to think.

skills and

and builds gave Brandon plenty of room to maneuver

even have to try hard to pin her against the wall, one hand threading through her hair

of the night, alone together, the collision of hormones quickly sparked

waist was no

she gasped for breath and pressed down on his

looking down

still uneven, but she spoke in a hoarse voice, "Brandon, give

that happened today was beyond my expectations. All my plans went up in smoke the moment I boarded that plane; I

replied with a hoarse "okay", his breath equally unsteady, his voice deep

his kissing slowed, but he didn't move away, still holding her tightly, his lips still nibbling at her tilted neck, casting a shadow of intimacy on the wall in the light from

shadow on the wall too, so intimate, like the two of them during those two

then, it was just the two of them, her feelings intense and simple, her

and those intense feelings were no longer

regret. It wasn't that she didn't love him; it was

tonight." Brandon said, "Theresa can stay with Grace for

pushed him away, "You've just recognized each other, spend

was soft, "There's plenty of time for

eyes gazing into hers, "Why didn't you let Theresa accept gifts from other

startled Sophia, and she instinctively looked up at

let Theresa accept gifts from other men?" He asked in

eyes, avoiding

like owing people favors." She said quietly, pushing him gently,

Brandon called her out