The Indifferent Ex-Husband: Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate novel Chapter 330

He had his doubts about the arrangement, for sure. After all, Ivan had made it crystal clear that he was into Sophia and he was planning on pursuing her. This setup was kinda iffy, but no better candidate had popped up in a pinch.

Brandon didn't miss the bit he blurted out when he first breezed through the door, "I'll have Ivan drop you off on his way."

"So you deliberately set Ivan up for this?" he asked, his voice cool as a cucumber.

"No way," Don was quick to clarify. "It just so happened Ivan was leaving too, came to say his goodbyes, and that's when I thought of hitching Sophia a ride with him."

"Just so happened?"

Brandon chewed on those words, glancing at Sophia.

Sophia kept mum, just shooting Don a look. "Mr. Dempsey, no need, I've already called a ride. I can cab it back on my own."

"I'll take you," Brandon said, checking his watch, "Give me a few."

"No need, there's a whole bunch of bigwigs and guests here," Sophia replied. "You stick with them."

"It's cool, I'll just say a quick hello," Brandon insisted. "You go wait in the car."

With that, Brandon tossed the keys to Sophia.

Catching them instinctively, she was about to throw them back to Brandon when he had already darted out the door.

Sophia was speechless.

Don grinned at Sophia. "Having Brandon take you is a good thing. Puts everyone at ease."

Sophia mustered a half-smile.

Pointing behind him, he said. "I better get back to it. You carry on chilling."

Sophia nodded, watching him leave, the keys in her hand feeling awkward, yet she couldn't just leave them lying around.

She rang up Kent to come and grab the keys.

Kent arrived in a jiffy, all foggy. "How'd Mr. Crawley's keys end up with you?"

"Grabbed them by accident," Sophia said. "Could you pass them on to him? I've got some stuff to sort out, wanna head back and chill."

"Sure thing," Kent nodded, not overthinking it. "I'll get someone to drive you."

He then made a call and sorted a subordinate to drive Sophia back.

"Thanks."

Ivan was back too, busy at his desk.

Brandon paused at the office doorway, choosing not to approach.

Sophia, finishing up, looked up to see Brandon by the door, a bit startled.

"Just came back to deal with some work," she said.

Brandon nodded.

"Hit me up when you're done," he said before turning to leave.

As he walked away, he shot a glance at Ivan.

Ivan turned just in time for their eyes to meet, but after a brief exchange of looks, both shifted their gaze away.

Brandon returned to his office, and there he waited until past nine. Sophia hadn't called.

He knew she was still at the company.

Sophia was tying up loose ends with Ivan.