The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 653

Sophia just happened to look up at Brandon when, out of the blue, his gaze caught hers and locked it in. The depth in his eyes made her feel a bit awkward.

Especially since she had just been an earful of Susan's overly explicit trip down memory lane about her and Brandon's not-so-PG-rated past. It was almost as if Susan's words painted a vivid picture in Sophia's mind of the hot and heavy times she and Brandon had rolled around together, and the moment Brandon looked her way, the embarrassment hit her like a tidal wave, her cheeks flaming up.

When Brandon noticed her blushing, he couldn't help but frown, "What's up? Why's your face all red?"

While he was talking, he had already moved past Susan and was heading her way.

"No... It's nothing." Sophia, her symptoms pointed out, was even more afraid to look Brandon in the eye, her words getting a bit jumbled, "It's just a bit stuffy in here..."

Susan glanced back at her with a smirk that was clearly teasing.

Brandon also gave her a thoughtful look.

Pretending not to notice, Sophia straightened her back a bit, lifted her chin, and looked straight at Brandon, asking him, "What brings you up here?"

"Just checking on you guys since you've been gone for a while."

Brandon said, not prying any further, but noticing her hair was a bit disheveled, he naturally reached out to smooth the strands away from her forehead.

At the touch of his fingertips, Sophia couldn't help but stiffen up, holding her breath and staying still, not daring to accidentally brush against his hand.

Susan couldn't help but tease Brandon, "Wow, you're worried after such a short time? And with all this running up and down the stairs, you think I'd kidnap Sophia or something?"

Unexpectedly, Brandon nodded frankly, "Yeah, I am."

"..." Susan was left speechless.

Brandon had already turned his attention back to Sophia and, after carefully fixing

her hair, he softly asked her, "Ready to go back down?"

Sophia instinctively looked at Susan first, seeking her opinion.

The affection Susan showed her made Sophia somewhat depend on her

instinctively after her memory loss.

and reliance on Susan, even though Susan entered the picture later than

feeling a bit

simply telling Sophia, "Everyone's waiting for

upon hearing this,

at Susan, she asked, "Susan,

go. If we hang around any longer, I bet

they needed to take downstairs and heading for the

undertone of "your Mr. Crawley" and conscientiously stepped forward to help, but before she could touch anything,

"I got it."

he was holding the stuff in one

rolling her eyes

kind of affection from him, but she didn't resist, just trying her

fact that "they were husband and wife," according to him, made

her lost memory, was easy to

accepted and trusted every

torn and conflicted. On one hand, she was relieved that Sophia didn't have to be held back by a troubled past, but on the other

Brandon, she had the same simple

who gave her a brief, dismissive look

up the topic in front of

she went downstairs with Sophia

naturally put down what he was doing and walked over to her, taking the items out of her hands with a smile, "Where have you two been whispering secrets,

hide from you

unapologetically handing everything over to Kent, with a

them,

hesitate to ask, "What's the deal

Susan shot him a look, "Bros for life, best buds, you got an

suspicious gaze

replied,

who was changing his shoes, glanced over at them but didn't

other hand, looked puzzled as she furrowed her brow, glancing between Kent and Susan. They both seemed at ease with no hint of

they were

they

gaze shifted back to

had already comfortably and affectionately started working

looked to