The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 669

Sophia glanced at the hand's owner without thinking.

It belonged to an old man with a somewhat gaunt and frail face.

A weird sense of familiarity mixed with a strong urge to keep my distance just hit me out of the blue, giving me an uneasy feeling.

Unconsciously, her hand resting on the plate retracted a bit, and she zoned out for a second.

Daniel, with his attention fully on Theresa, who'd almost caused a ruckus, hadn't noticed Sophia.

He'd just picked up his plate to get some grub when, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the little tyke who'd darted behind him, and her clueless attempt to yank a plate from the bottom of the stack. Almost instantly, as Theresa's hand reached for the plate, he pressed down on the teetering stack and, frowning, bent down to scold her:

"Why are you still such a bull in a china shop? Don't you know that stuff could fall and hit you?"

Theresa, who had a bit of a mental block about Daniel, darted behind Sophia's legs at the sound of his voice.

Sophia quickly reached out to shield her, and couldn't help but say in a gentle tone, "She's just a kid. If she's done something wrong, you can reason with her. She'll understand."

Daniel's hand, which had been pressing down on the plate, froze in disbelief. He looked up following her voice and his expression jolted again when he saw Sophia's face. His eyes widened, staring at her in disbelief.

Hannah had just walked into the cafeteria and spotted Sophia protecting Theresa and a stunned Daniel, which made her also pause in her tracks.

entirely on Daniel, who was staring at her non-stop. From his reaction, it was clear he recognized

Daniel had haughtily scolded her mom before, was scared of him, but still mustered the courage to step in front of Sophia and

his attention back to Sophia. His hand, shaky and uncertain, reached out towards her, as if he wanted to touch her arm to confirm she was real, but then hesitated,

how to respond; Daniel's reaction had her

see her back, but at the same time, he gave off

confusion in Sophia's eyes, and she too looked like

wasn't how someone reacted to

couldn't help but frown in wonder,

something was off with Sophia too, as the

not Sophia?" he

Bishop had finally nailed down the

project, and each had signed on

been a pleasure doing

stood up with a smile and extended

and shook her hand

"Pleasure's all mine."

Kent to take Mrs. Bishop out for dinner since

"Mr. Crawley must be eager to spend time with his