The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 672

Brandon just shook his head with a chuckle, "Man, that's a long story."

Looking at Sophia, he said, "I'll fill you in sometime later, okay? Let's just drop it for now. You don't need to worry your pretty little head about it, alright?"

His voice was low and soft, carrying a hint of a plea.

Sophia couldn't say no, plus she wasn't the nosy type. If he didn't want her to dig, she wasn't going to. So she gave a gentle nod, "Mhm, sure."

Her sweet and compliant reaction brought a smile to Brandon's face, and his gaze softened even more as he looked at her. It was that tender look that seemed to see through her, as if he was looking at someone else from the past.

This look puzzled Sophia a bit, but she didn't press for answers.

Daniel and Hannah also noticed Brandon's look, that kind of gaze that seemed to look at the person before him yet through them at someone else. It made them both frown in unison, but they didn't step in to interrupt.

After the meal, the moment Daniel got back to his office, he called his assistant Manney over.

"Go check out the name of the girl who's been hanging around Brandon, where she's from," he instructed with a serious demeanor.

Manney had also been in the cafeteria with Daniel and had seen Sophia, so he nodded in agreement to Daniel's request without hesitation.

"Alright, I'm on it."

Getting the scoop on Sophia wasn't a tough nut to crack these days.

Just a few days back, in the search for Sophia, Brandon had Kent hire a PI firm to dig into Harvey Ferber and Sophia's whereabouts. The detective agency had already sussed out their details.

take long for him to get the

Manney personally reported back to Daniel at

Crawley checked into the hotel under the name Arlene, accompanying the president of the Ferber Group, Harvey Ferber. She's

handed over

snapshots showed Sophia with Harvey Ferber and Amanda, moving in

of the hotel together, looking for all the world like

the name Harvey Ferber ring

Group and Aurora Wharf these past couple of years, from the

big cheese at the Ferber

suddenly remembering,

possibility that this Sophia was a

a face mask, when she caught sight of Daniel and his assistant Manney deep in a serious convo. Curiosity got

"It's nothing."

without looking back, his expression as

had been a hot minute

a bunch of photos in Daniel's hands. "What's all this?" she asked, reaching for the pictures. The moment she laid eyes on

shock? If she's really alive, that'd be great news. I'm

Sophia at the mall-a moment she hadn't shared

Daniel's attitude had shifted. Bringing it up now, he'd probably go to the

to think she'd been

like the recognition between acquaintances. Patricia hadn't thought much of it at the time, only feeling a bit off. Now, with

at her with unfamiliar