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 advantages to combine tenderness with assertiveness in just

significant difference in their heights and builds gave Brandon plenty of

to pin her against the wall, one hand threading through her hair to support

alone together, the collision of hormones quickly sparked intense

hand around her waist was no longer

Brandon's hand moved to tear off Sophia's clothes, she

looking down

still uneven, but she spoke in

All my plans went up in smoke the moment I boarded that plane; I really

a hoarse "okay", his breath equally unsteady, his voice

tightly, his lips still nibbling at her tilted neck, casting a shadow of intimacy on the

like the two

them, her feelings intense and simple, her eyes and heart full of only this

them, and those intense feelings were no

wasn't that she didn't love

Brandon said, "Theresa can stay with Grace for

"You've just recognized each other, spend some

was soft, "There's

against hers, his eyes gazing into hers, "Why didn't you

startled Sophia, and she instinctively looked

from other men?" He asked in a different way, his voice soft and

slightly lowered her eyes, avoiding

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

lying," Brandon called