The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 490

Marian couldn't for the life of her remember where she had seen the phone

number before, and reality didn't give her the luxury to dwell on it. She quickly whipped out her phone and snapped a pic of the number on Dennis' phone before she ducked out as if nothing happened, and left everything just as it was.

Dennis didn't notice anything amiss when he came out of the room.

"Let's hit the road."

He gave a shout and bent down to grab his phone.

Marian saw that he was none the wiser and finally, she could breathe easy.

She took Dennis to a nearby mall and just picked a restaurant at random to go into.

While they were eating, she excused herself to go to the bathroom. After borrowing a phone from a waiter, she dialed the number she had photographed.

The call went through.

As she waited for the call to connect, her heart was in her throat; she felt so nervous that she was half-tempted to hang up from the nerves, but her curiosity kept her on the line.

The phone rang for ages, and just as she thought no one would pick up and was about to give up, a crisp and familiar "Hello?" came from the other end, and Marian clapped her hand over her mouth in shock.

Hearing no response, the person on the other end repeated a puzzled "Hello? Who's this?" a couple of times before Marian cut the call short. She handed the phone back to the waiter, and rushed off to the restroom.

All night, Marian was on edge.

The next day at work, she was distracted, especially during the meeting. Her mind kept wandering.

Sophia was running the department meeting, and from the moment she stepped into the room, she noticed Marian zoning out.

Marian had ditched her usual fear of making eye contact with Sophia and was instead staring at her, but she was seemingly lost in thought and often drifting away. Even when Sophia was asking questions, she was slow to snap back to reality.

Sophia had to tap her fingers lightly on the table to get Marian's attention before she finally looked up, and Sophia asked in a gentle voice, "Are you feeling alright? If you're not well, go ahead and take a rest."

Marian just hesitated and shook her head, "I'm fine, just didn't get much rest last night."

That's when Don walked in, asking how long the meeting would be because Martin was looking for her.

The name "Martin" made Marian glance reflexively toward the door.

the glass wall of the meeting room, with his gaze fixed

sent waves of panic through her, even more intense than the time

She told herself that it was just a mix-up that led the Frost family patriarch to think the designs

long as Sophia was around, there was no room for

was only a matter of time before she got

when she found that Martin

couldn't help but watch Sophia nervously, feeling thankful that Sophia seemed just as disinterested in

it with you," Sophia

and nodded, "Alright, you carry

in mid-air, settled slightly with Don's departure, but

was practically

meeting under

though she was soaked in cold water, with

the bathroom as soon as

into Augus, who was there washing his hands. She looked around - the place was deserted

he saw her approach. Marian returned the smile and slowly turned on the faucet, pondering what to say. Noticing her pale face, Augus couldn't help but frown, and asked out of colleague concern, "You

smiled and shook

"Glad

hands, he said with that same smile, "Well, I should get back

still smiling,

washing her hands, only lifting her head to watch Augus in the mirror as he tossed the towel

suddenly blurted out, calling after him with a rush of

she was afraid

back at

just met his gaze in

call last night,

freeze on Augus' face, but it was quickly replaced by a sunny smile,

and faced

were taking on a calculating

he remained on alert and quickly flashed

enough for just the two of them, "Then do you

the smile off Augus'

nothing, and just stared

gauge her stance, and had no clue what she was

at him, keeping her voice down, "Don't