The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 530

Daniel was taken aback, and then quickly replied.

"Yoli mentioned it when she came to see me and your mom the other day. She brought up the Zenitha-style resort project, said she heard from colleagues that for some reason, they can't get this one column to set right. They've brought in two different survey teams and still can't figure it out. Everyone's getting the heebie-jeebies, thinking it might be some sort of supernatural jinx. To tackle the issue, they put together this crack team of experienced builders and even roped in a professional to pick an auspicious date for the pour. But outta the blue, the higher-ups swapped out the crew, so it looks like the pour is gonna hit a snag, not going down as planned. I later hit up Tomas for the lowdown, heard that it was you putting the brakes on the construction. Worried it might jinx the company's mojo, I told Tomas to stick with the plan, I'd take the heat. But who knew."

Daniel trailed off, not daring to continue. Brandon's lips curled into a chilly half- smile, and without a word, he left. He was still a bit wobbly on his feet, probably not yet back to his old self.

Daniel, concerned, called out to him, "You're still on the mend, where are you off to? Rest up in the hospital a bit longer."

But no one paid him any mind. Brandon's towering figure quickly vanished at the end of the corridor.

Daniel turned to Kent, seeking guidance. Kent just silently shook his head.

"Chairman Crawley, what were you thinking?" Kent sighed, and then without another word, hurried out the door after Brandon.

Daniel stood still, his mind in a fog, a feeling of regret creeping and spreading in his heart like never before. He couldn't fathom why things had gone south, especially with Sophia.

He'd always been indifferent to her, even repelled.

But now that she was gone, he felt an echoing hollowness, his mind replaying over and over the calm look on her face as she steadied him from falling last night, the urgency in her pull when that frail man was nearly sent flying, and back to the mess hall, her steady hand on his trembling one at the controls, not even looking at him.

These fragmented, tranquil moments, hanging like droplets in his mind, each containing the quiet, peaceful Sophia since she married into their family. In every droplet, she was vivid, her smiles gentle and unassuming. But all these vivid Sophias slowly merged into the harrowing image of her being pushed over the railing by gravity last night.

a bewildering void,

with Brandon outside the hospital. Brandon flung open the door to a cab and got in. Kent managed

respond, and just told the cab driver, "To the Zenitha-style resort project

emotion it was just a shell. Kent couldn't help but think of zombies, like in those flicks

got into

"Gather everyone who was at the site last night at the same spot where the construction was taking

"Alright," Kent answered gently.

unperturbed lifeless, "Whoever finds any news about Sophia gets

turn around and flick a glance at Brandon, whose attractive

Kent whispered his acknowledgment and quickly whipped out his phone to

site. All those present

interrogated by the cops that morning and after a

scanning the crowd with an

as if it had been ground by sand, still

to bite the bullet and speak up, "Last night, due to the rain, water leaked into the power room, and the main switch for the lighting circuit accidentally got wet, causing a short circuit and a blackout. The site went

did the

at each other; it was pitch dark, no one

columns. They weren't familiar with one another, and

you all don't know each other?" They

since we couldn't get the column set, and the previous workers were all skittish and not quite up to snuff, we decided to give it another go after