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.

appeared at some point, standing outside the glass wall of the meeting room,

family towards Sophia sent waves of panic through her, even more intense than the

it was just a mix-up that led

long as Sophia was around, there was no

of time before

when she found that Martin

watch Sophia nervously, feeling thankful that Sophia seemed just as

discuss it with you," Sophia

Sophia and nodded, "Alright, you

which had been suspended in mid-air, settled slightly with Don's departure,

practically

meeting under this nightmarish

of winter, she felt as though she was soaked in cold

as

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 don't look

shook her

back, "Glad to

towels to dry his hands, he

nodded, still

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

suddenly blurted out, calling after him with a

was afraid she'd

back at her in

turning around, Marian just met his gaze in the

call last night,

it was quickly replaced by a sunny

faucet and faced him,

eyes were taking on a calculating and cautious

and quickly flashed his

enough for just the two of

wiped the smile

nothing, and just stared intently

and had no

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