The Indifferent Ex-Husband: Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate novel Chapter 630

Brandon didn't catch Ivan's murmur as he drifted into the crowd.

He just shuffled into the masses on autopilot.

The calm hustle and bustle around him kept rolling, but the party was clearly not his scene.

His once racing heart had mellowed after a series of high-stakes gambles, and what was once anticipation had turned into a hopeless void.

"In this day and age, how can someone just lose touch with their family?"

"You and your kin never treated her right when she was alive. Now she's been gone for months, and not only can't you let her rest in peace, but you're also plastering her face everywhere and making a big fuss... She loved her quiet, low-key life, so why are you still dragging her through the mud even after she's gone?"

Harvey Ferber's retort and Ivan's accusations kept slashing at him, tearing into his already battered heart until it bled anew.

The distorted body in the morgue and the fleeting glimpse of a silhouette seen by chance haunted his mind, making his shaky convictions waver even more.

If the person in the morgue was Sophia, his attempts to find her in another stranger would be nothing but another wound inflicted upon her.

The urgency to uncover the truth battled with the heavy guilt of potentially harming her again, weighing down his chest with a hollow, aimless despair.

Time seemed to rewind to the night he lost her, racing to the construction site only to hear she had fallen into the river, without even a chance for a final goodbye.

A simple "see you later" as he left the house had become a goodbye forever.

He thought that night was the peak of his pain, but he didn't realize that the agony of never seeing her again, day after day, would be an ever-present, tangible ghost.

Passing by shops displaying clothes and bags, a mannequin dressed in an elegant apricot coat and scarf caught his eye through the window, and Brandon was suddenly reminded of the afternoon he learned she was leaving with Theresa. He rushed to the airport, and amidst the crowd, he looked up to see her crouching to fix Theresa's hair, gentle and serene.

That was the first time he saw her with Theresa.

And the first time he truly felt that she had given him a daughter.