The Indifferent Ex-Husband: Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate novel Chapter 21

She eyed Brandon cautiously, trying to gauge his mood. "Who’s that?"

"Sophia," he said, his handsome face composed, not bothering with any fake pleasantries.

Susan frowned. "You looking for her for something?"

Brandon didn't answer, just looked at her, repeating his question: "Where is she?"

Susan shook her head quickly. "I don't know."

Afraid that Brandon might not believe her, she quickly added, "I really don't know. She just went that way, we haven't been in touch, I really don't know her address." Susan continued, "you've got phones and WhatsApp, right? If you wanna find her, just shoot her a message."

But as soon as the words left her mouth, she saw Brandon's expression go blank again.

He didn't say anything more, didn't even ask her to delete the photo, just gave her a look and turned to leave.

Susan didn't know what did she do wrong, but watching his cold silhouette, she couldn't help but call out, "Brandon."

Brandon stopped in his tracks but didn't turn around.

Susan, still looking at his back, asked, "You looking for Sophia for something?"

"Nothing."

"You've seen her messages too. If it's nothing, then don't bother her anymore, okay? You've both chosen to let bygones be bygones, so just leave it at that."

Brandon didn't respond.

Susan saw his deep-set side profile tighten slightly, a bit cold, but he said nothing, neither good nor bad, just walked away, his figure distant and chilly.

Susan was clueless about what Brandon was thinking and worried that her words might have blown a potential contract too, but since Sophia said she didn't want to know about Brandon's whereabouts, she blocked any messages that came through for Sophia.

She thought this deal was going to fall through too, but to her surprise, two days later, Kent suddenly informed her that Starlight Hotel had agreed to come on board, telling her to start preparing the contract.

The surprise was so unexpected, Susan thought she was dreaming and couldn't help but confirm with Kent over and over, "Mr. Crawley really greenlit this project?"

"Or what?" Kent, losing patience with the repeated confirmations, said, "You think I've got nothing better to do?"

"No, no, it's not that. I just want to double-check," Susan quickly appeased, not wanting to annoy the big shot, and couldn't help but probe further, "Didn't Mr. Crawley say before that it needed to go through the investment department for evaluation? Did it pass the review?"

"Mr. Crawley made the call himself, no need for the investment department."

"Hold on." Susan paused, "If Mr. Crawley can make the call himself, why did we have to go through that process before?"

"How should I know?" Kent was just as confused. If Brandon could make the decision himself, why bother with the process?