The Indifferent Ex-Husband: Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate novel Chapter 187

Louis finally caught his breath and glanced back at Sophia with concern, "Miss, are you alright?"

It was only after he finished speaking that he got a good look at Sophia's face, and he froze for a moment.

Sophia came back to her senses, "I'm fine."

Then she looked at him, "Are you okay?"

"I'm good, I'm good, just got a bit dizzy for a second there, didn't take a fall."

Louis brushed off the dust from his clothes with a chuckle, still a bit unsteady on his feet, and bent down to pick up his cane from the ground.

"Let me get that."

Sophia stopped him and bent down to pick up the cane for him, handing it to him.

Louis thanked her as he took it, but his gaze involuntarily glued itself to Sophia's face again, sizing her up with a puzzled and vexed expression.

"Miss, have we met somewhere before?" After a while, Louis voiced the confusion in his heart.

Sophia remembered that she had locked eyes with Louis when she had entered the classroom, but at that time his gaze had swept over her and landed on Marian next to her.

She figured Louis's sense of familiarity came from that random eye contact two years ago.

She politely smiled and shook her head, "No, we haven't."

She didn't want to use this incident to get tangled up with Marian and the Frost family.

Louis let out a disappointed "Oh," but his eyes still couldn't help but study Sophia with confusion.

Sophia wasn't too comfortable being stared at like this.

She glanced around and then back at him, "Aren't your family members around?"

Seeing him in a hospital gown and considering his age, she was a bit worried about him being alone, "How about I walk you back to your room?"

"No need." Louis waved his hands to refuse, "I've got family with me. I just sent him to get me some food."

Just as he said this, a short, stocky man in his sixties approached quickly with a food tray.

Louis waved at him, "Leo."

The man named Leo walked up to them and gave Sophia a puzzled look.

Louis introduced them with a grin, "This is Leo, who's been taking good care of me."

"And this is," He began to introduce Sophia, but then realized he hadn't asked for her name, and turned to Sophia, "Oh, what's your name? You saved me just now, and I haven't even thanked you yet."

He looked at Leo as he explained, "I was feeling cooped up lying down all day and wanted to stretch my legs. Almost took a nasty spill, but this young lady here caught me. She even took the fall for me, saving my old bones."

Upon hearing this, Leo gratefully looked at Sophia, "Miss, I really can't thank you enough."

His thanks also paused when he saw Sophia's face.

Sophia felt their reactions were both a bit odd.

She gave an awkward smile, "It was nothing, just lending a hand."

Seeing that Louis was well looked after, she felt relieved and politely said goodbye before leaving.

"Wait, leave me your name and number first," Louis quickly called after her, "I've got to properly thank you later."

"No need."

Sophia politely declined and turned to leave.

"Grandpa."

A cool male voice came from behind.

Sophia paused slightly, glancing in the direction of the voice, and saw Martin walking towards Louis.

Sophia remembered him. They had met once at the Starlight Hotel in Wye City.

She was just about to enter the elevator when she nearly collided with him as he was coming out.

Martin did not notice Sophia and headed straight for Louis.

Sophia didn't linger either, suppressing the discomfort in her body as she walked towards the medical building.

Louis's gaze lingered on Sophia's retreating figure, looking perplexed.

Martin then noticed Louis's gaze, "What's up?"

Louis looked at him, "Nothing much, I almost fell just now, but luckily that young lady saved me. I wanted to thank her properly, but she wouldn't leave her name or number."

Louis pointed towards Sophia.

Just as Sophia reached the corner, her serene profile came into view, and Martin frowned slightly.

He remembered Sophia.

Louis looked at him puzzled, "Do you know her?"

Martin nodded, "She's Brandon's ex-wife."

Louis was shocked.

Brandon focused on work all morning, seemingly returning to his old self.

He was decisive, quick, and highly efficient.

The entire office got swept up in the high-efficiency vibe, and no one even got up when lunchtime rolled around.

Kent, ever considerate, took the lead to head out for lunch, not forgetting to call out to Brandon.

"Mr. Crawley, should I grab lunch for you? Or are you heading down?"

Brandon glanced at the time on his computer, noting it was time to eat.