Chapter 168

Sophia was on board with that.

She figured Brandon probably wasn’t a fan of women crying, so during the years she knew him, whether it was senior year or the two years they were hitched, she always kept a tight lid on her emotions in front of him..

But she didn’t see it coming that Brandon would cut short his sleuthing because of Cindy’s waterworks.

“He hit you up after that?” Sophia asked.

“Nah,” Cindy shook her head, “just stopped me on my way out to peek at my phone, wanted to see the chat history with you. But chill, I wiped our chat clean, nothing left to find,” Cindy quickly added, then, unable to contain her curiosity, gave Sophia a look, “So, what’s the deal with you and Mr. Crawley?”

Sophia hesitated, “We were high school classmates.”

She skirted around the fact that they were once married.

Cindy was taken aback.

“Don’t tell me it’s one of those stories, high school sweethearts, split over some dramatic misunderstanding, now it’s a

bittersweet reunion?”

She sniffed out the scent of a reunion with Brandon, one tinged with unfulfilled longing and resentment.

Sophia just smiled. “Nah, that’s not it.”

Date? As

seeming convinced, and

the police station run-in under wraps, especially the bit about the kid. Not

agreed to keep it

had finished a call and came

wasn’t really in the mood to keep looking. The place was a simple two-bedroom flat, more than enough for a studio..

parks, and shopping nearby, not too far from her company, but not too close either-just the right distance from the

internal greenery and kids’

one,” Sophia

realtor was ecstatic, “So, about the one upstairs.”

the larger apartment upstairs, a spacious three-bedroom spot. with better

upon

was about to ask and cut him off. “This

realtor

him back to

treated Cindy to a meal

disappeared into the distance that Sophia headed back to the real estate

have a look at the big three-bedder upstairs,” she said.

to see

also looking to rent,” Sophia

realtor was thrilled and quickly escorted Sophia back to see

above the seventh-floor unit she’d rented, on the

smaller flat, with a cozy, warm off-white decor and even a kids room ready to

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