The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 524

Listening to the silence on the other end of the phone, Brandon's handsome face grew colder by the second.

"Go check out the power room and see what's up with the blackout," Brandon said, not missing a beat.

"Got it," Kent murmured, motioning for the security guy who had tagged along to head towards the power room with him.

Meanwhile, Brandon picked up the pace, hurrying to the construction site.

Construction Site

The sudden lights-out threw the well-organized division of labor into a bit of chaos, and the crew, who had been hard at work, erupted into a frenzy of panic and questions.

"What's going on?"

"What happened?"

"Did we lose power?"

Voices asking questions overlapped with the mechanical hum of machinery.

Sophia also glanced around, but the sudden plunge into darkness meant her eyes couldn't adjust fast enough. Plus, it was dark as the inside of a cow outside, with the rain coming down, and she couldn't see a thing.

concrete mixer, which relied on external electricity, was still chugging along, and she could

wasn't sure if the blackout was a fluke or something else. Instinctively, she tightened her grip on Nell's arm next

the crowd, "I'll have someone check the wiring. Everybody hold off on your

time; seeing the auspicious moment slipping away, he dashed into the rain, barking

and moving fast, his body still not fully recovered, and before he knew it, he tripped over something, staggering

she saw Daniel take a tumble out of the corner of her eye, about to hit the ground hard. On instinct, she reached out and stabilized him by

violently as if

concrete delivery pump with its pipe raised high, and the concrete flowing rapidly into the column

railing, his upper body almost flipped over it, and he was about

go of Daniel and reached out with both hands to grab Nell. Daniel, suddenly released, stumbled to the

the dark, vaguely saw Sophia desperately and powerfully pulling the slim worker back,

"Watch out!"

to grab Sophia, but before he could reach her, his view was blocked by someone rushing past. Through the dim vision, he saw Sophia's slender figure tilt backward towards the rapidly flowing river; right behind her was the delivery pump

Daniel's face went white.

to pull back, and instinctively reached out to grab something to stabilize herself, but the force was too strong, and before her hand could catch hold of anything, she was shoved hard once

night, clear and loud. Daniel, watching Sophia fall, turned pale, and with all the force he could muster, he yelled towards the concrete mixer operator's booth, "Stop the work! Stop it right

swallowed most of his cries, and the operator, focused on the task, didn't hear his command.

site was too chaotic and dark, but they vaguely sensed