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.

was still chugging along, and she could vaguely make out the delivery pipe raised high, aiming straight for

her grip on Nell's arm next to her and called out into the darkness to Tomas, "What's

some circuit fried." Tomas shouted back, edging into the crowd, "I'll have someone check the wiring. Everybody hold off on your work for

moment slipping away, he dashed into the rain, barking orders at everyone, "Those not involved, take a break where you are. Concrete mixer operators, keep

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

on the flashlight. Before she could light it up, 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 the arm, preventing

lurch violently as if someone had rammed into him from the shadows, sending

Daniel's phone screen revealed the concrete delivery pump with its pipe raised high, and the concrete flowing rapidly into the

was skinny and fragile-looking. When he hit the railing, his upper

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

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

"Watch out!"

Through the dim vision, he saw Sophia's slender figure tilt

Daniel's face went white.

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

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

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

didn't know what had happened; the site was too chaotic and dark, but they vaguely sensed the tense atmosphere and looked