The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 389

Sophia was out like a light, not stirring an inch, her sleeping face still the picture of tranquility.

Brandon gently caressed her cheek and planted a kiss on her forehead, careful not to wake her.

Then, he slipped into the living room to give Kent a ring, telling him to remind Daniel and Patricia's bodyguards to keep the Yearwood family at arm's length. Once Aaron got home, he couldn't wait to spill the beans about bumping into Sophia at the amusement park, including the bombshell that she had a daughter with Brandon.

Laura and Haley were both there to hear the news.

Haley was over the moon.

Laura, on the other hand, was all raised eyebrows.

"No way," she said, still picturing the Sophia who had last been home, looking every bit the fresh-faced young girl, "How could someone who's popped out a kid still be so skinny? And she was back home for days on end, dropping by the hospital every day. If there really was a kid, who was looking after that child?"

believe me? Just

bed and couldn't care less about the family gossip. She gave a half-hearted nod. "Yeah,

with that, she retreated to her

state of shock. "That girl's really sharpened her claws, studying abroad for two years. I knew there was something fishy about that hasty divorce. Looks like

long. At their age, how could they not have another one? Maybe it was their family doing the dirty, keeping her from getting pregnant. Did she get wind of that, and when she found out she was expecting, she got cold feet about her in-laws and bolted, then secretly had the baby before making her

might be onto something. Her divorce came out of the blue. Now, the kid's age lines up perfectly. Plus, she and Brandon seem chummier than before. Guess hitting the books does sharpen

listening on the sidelines, couldn't bite her tongue any longer. "Come on, you're spinning a whole soap opera. She probably just found out she was pregnant after deciding to study abroad and decided to have the baby along the way.

voice trailed off, choked with

I said it from the get-go when we took her in - we couldn't afford to, and now look, all

Laura stewed over past grievances, the angrier

for the scoop but felt too guilty over the last incident - Sophia couldn't even step foot in

came through. She let the phone ring for a moment

it's dad," Haley's voice sounded frail and aged on the other