The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 603

Sophia was catching up on some much-needed Z's, but she was tossing and turning, not getting any solid shut-eye. She was hot and cold all over, feeling like she was roasting on a spit one second and soaking in a tub the next. It was back and forth, wanting to sleep and not being able to, half-awake but not really snapping out of it, like she was sunk into some kind of nightmare.

The moment Amanda busted through the door, she spotted Sophia on the bed with her brows all knotted up, clearly not resting easy. Her hair was plastered to her forehead with sweat.

"Sophia." Amanda called out, worried, as she moved closer to touch her forehead. The heat coming off Sophia's skin nearly gave her a heart attack, so she quickly started shaking Sophia's shoulder, calling out her name, "Sophia, wake up."

But Sophia didn't come to, and just frowned in distress. Amanda was about to keep at it when Sophia's phone went off on the nightstand, a WhatsApp video call coming in.

Amanda barely glanced at it before she snatched it up and hung up, continuing to shake Sophia's shoulder, "Sophia, wake up."

Finally, with all the shaking, Sophia's eyes fluttered open from nightmares, but she was still groggy, not quite sure where she was, her eyes empty and vacant.

Amanda's heart was racing with worry, about to call out to her again, but then the WhatsApp call she just hung up on rang again.

Anxious, Amanda grabbed the phone and hit the answer button, politely saying into the phone, "Hi there, now's not a good time. We'll catch up later."

And with that, she killed the call.

Brandon was staring blankly at the phone screen that'd gone back to the WhatsApp chat. He didn't make a move.

It was not her. Even though the shaky camera didn't give him a look at her face, just a glimpse of the bedding, the floor in a rushed sweep, the voice and tone were all wrong - not Sophia.

Arlene not being Sophia, but there was still this heavy feeling of letdown when

snap, Brandon put the phone down, shifting his gaze

deep lines of Brandon's profile, but against the light, the bob of his Adam's apple and the

his face, the

the last thing Kent wanted

to despair, over and over, clinging to something that was

to him, his voice unintentionally more hoarse than usual But before he could say more, Brandon raised his hand, stopping him mid-sentence.

give me a moment; I need some peace," he said, his

gently, "Let me know if you need anything," and after

the hotel room, Amanda's callback

She instinctively looked over

handling her

caller it was not

good

talk later

for her phone,

could say a word, Amanda's already hung up and

attention back on Sophia.

are you doing up? You're burning up here. Lie down;