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 vaguely make out the delivery

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

Tomas shouted back, edging into the crowd, "I'll have someone check the wiring. Everybody hold

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

a hurry, and moving fast, his body still not fully recovered, and before he

it up, she saw Daniel take a tumble out of the corner of her eye, about to hit the ground

same moment, Sophia felt Nell, whom she was still holding onto, lurch violently as if someone had rammed into him from the shadows, sending him

screen revealed the concrete delivery pump with its pipe raised

upper body almost

both hands to

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

"Watch out!"

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

Daniel's face went white.

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. She didn't even have time to scream for help before

echoed in the silent night, clear and loud. Daniel, watching Sophia fall, turned pale, and with all the force he could muster,

focused on the task, didn't hear his command. The concrete continued to pour

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