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.

his skills and

and builds gave

one hand threading through her hair to support the back of her head, the other wrapping

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

around her waist was no

moved to tear off Sophia's clothes, she

stopped, looking down

still uneven, but she spoke in a hoarse voice,

I boarded that plane; I really need some time to process it all," Her breath

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

away, still holding her tightly, his lips still nibbling at her tilted neck, casting a shadow of intimacy on the wall in the light

saw the shadow on the wall too, so intimate, like the

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

between them, and

that she didn't love him; it

stay with you tonight." Brandon said, "Theresa can stay

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

voice was soft, "There's plenty of

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

Sophia, and she instinctively looked up at

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

her eyes, avoiding his probing

favors." She said quietly, pushing him gently, "I want to go to sleep

Brandon called her