The Indifferent Ex-Husband: Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate novel Chapter 191

After hanging up, Sophia was a bit on the fence.

She hadn't expected that taking a few days off would throw a wrench in someone else's work.

She's always been the type to respond better to sugar than vinegar. If Kent had laid down the law and said no time off, that she had to be back at the office tomorrow, she might've just gotten her back up and walked out. But Kent, taking a more roundabout approach, had asked her nicely. Then after they hung up, he even sent her the revised proposal, which screamed urgency and tight deadlines. Ditching him now would be pretty uncool.

Sophia mulled it over, figuring she could pull an all-nighter on the proposal and catch some z's on the plane tomorrow. But before she even got her laptop up and running, Susan video-called her.

"I can't make it after all."

As soon as the call connected, Susan sounded bummed out, "The girl covering for me bailed, and now the boss won't let me leave. He says there's another girl coming for an interview on Monday, and he wants me to stick around a few more days to get her up to speed."

Sophia was speechless.

Seeing the still somewhat frail look on Sophia's face, she said, "You're not exactly back in fighting form yourself, so maybe it's best to rest up at home for now. I'm worried you won't hold up with the long flight and all."

"But Theresa." Sophia frowned, worried about disappointing her.

Susan replied, "I haven't told her yet, and she's still got some preschool classes to finish. Might as well use this time to wrap those up."

Then Susan turned the camera to show Theresa, happily engaged in her early learning class, not noticing the conversation between Susan and Sophia.

Watching Theresa's beaming face, Sophia nodded after a second, "Alright."

It just so happened that the project was about to kick off, and she figured she wouldn't have much free time to spend with Theresa even if she brought her home. Better to wait until the project was in full swing; she'd have more downtime then.

"Take it easy and don't overdo it," Susan advised, "Take good care of yourself."

"Will do, and you guys take care too."

Sophia smiled back, asked a bit about Theresa's well-being, and then ended the call.

Bright and early the next day, Kent rang Sophia up to ask what time she was heading to work, offering to pick her up.

Kent's eagerness threw Sophia for a loop.

"Do you really need to?" She couldn't quite grasp what Kent was getting at. "I can just grab a cab later. No need for you to go out of your way."

"No worries, it's on my way."

Kent chuckled over the phone, already slickly getting into his car and heading to Sophia's place.

Brandon had tasked him with taking Sophia to the airport, and at this hour, he'd rather not go to the office and risk running into Brandon—it wouldn't be easy to explain.

Kent wasn't sure if Sophia was heading to the office or the airport. He thought it best to meet her at the entrance of her building—either way, he'd be doing his duty. It was a solid plan. He could advance or retreat as needed.

Kent called Sophia only after he arrived at the base of her building.