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.

which relied on external electricity, was still chugging along, and she could vaguely make out the delivery pipe raised high, aiming straight for the column's

if the blackout was a fluke or something else. Instinctively, she tightened her grip on Nell's arm next to

circuit fried." Tomas shouted back, edging into the crowd, "I'll have someone check

moment slipping away, he dashed into the rain, barking orders at everyone, "Those not involved, take a break where you

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

pulling out her phone to turn on the flashlight. Before she could light it up, she saw Daniel take a tumble out

violently as if someone

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

he hit the railing, his upper body almost flipped over it, and he was about to tumble

both hands to grab Nell. Daniel, suddenly released, stumbled to the side, and

Daniel, whose eyes had slowly adjusted to the dark, vaguely saw Sophia desperately and powerfully pulling the slim worker back, while she herself was being pushed towards the railing by the

"Watch out!"

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

Daniel's face went white.

Nell back, and when the brutal force from the darkness hit her, she lost her balance and was sent flying towards the iron railing. Frantically, she pushed Nell, who she had managed 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 more.

of something heavy hitting the water echoed in the silent 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

most of his cries, and the operator, focused on the task, didn't hear his command. The concrete continued to pour into

was too chaotic and dark, but they vaguely sensed the tense atmosphere and