The Indifferent Ex-Husband: Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate novel Chapter 703

Marian's voice was sharp and loud, immediately drawing everyone's attention around them.

Her tone of certainty brought Sophia back to her senses a bit, her expression showing a hint of bewilderment, but she didn't loosen her grip on Marian's hand one bit.

"That was supposed to be for you," Sophia's voice was still choked, "I wanted you to take it to my parents, but you left with it and never came back."

Brandon's eyes suddenly turned razor-sharp, fixing on Marian.

Marian was still looking at Sophia, her eyes widening in alarm, staring at Sophia, who looked bewildered and unsure but could accurately recount what happened back then.

They had known each other for so long, and Sophia clearly didn't remember. She couldn't even recognize the bracelet, so how could she...

And hadn't Patricia just told her not long ago that Sophia had amnesia? How could she remember something that only the two of them knew?

"Sophia," Marian tried calling her name, "You shouldn't say things so casually. I've had this bracelet for as long as I can remember. How could it be yours?"

Her tone was so sure yet confused, a certainty that slowly pulled Sophia's rationality back from the chaotic memories.

She glanced at the bracelet on Marian's wrist and then back at her.

Marian had just called her Sophia, so she knew her, and they were probably quite familiar.

If they were so close, and if those chaotic images in her mind were real, why would she let the bracelet stay with Marian?

She clearly felt the sadness and despair of the girl in the white puffer coat from her jumbled memories.

Sophia looked at Marian, her teary eyes showing a hint of self-doubt, and unconsciously loosened her grip on Marian's hand. But in the next second, the arm she had released was suddenly gripped by a broad, strong hand.

"Don't doubt it, it's yours," Brandon's voice came softly to her ear.

Sophia, confused, turned her head. She hadn't realized when Brandon had come to her side. One hand was gripping Marian's arm through her clothes, and the other had already pulled the bracelet off her wrist, his expression stern yet indifferent.

Marian's face turned pale instantly.

The shadow of Brandon's previous threats to her life loomed over her again.

Brandon looked at her coolly. "What really happened back then?"

His voice wasn't loud, yet it brought that suffocating feeling of near-death rushing back to Marian.

She shook her head frantically, her face pale. "I don't know. I've had the bracelet for as long as I can remember."

Marian didn't dare to move, the suffocating feeling of being watched growing ever stronger, leaving her too frightened to move even an inch, her tears flowing not just for pity but out of genuine fear.

She was truly afraid of Brandon.

At this moment, the crowd stirred, and a tall man suddenly pushed through, walking briskly towards Marian with a stern expression.

Sophia instinctively looked at the man, her brow furrowing slightly.

She recognized him, having bumped into him in the elevator at the Spring Hotel not long ago. His gaze at her had been quite odd.

Marian also looked up in a daze as the man approached her.

The man reached her and immediately pulled her up, shielding her behind him.

Brandon raised his eyes, calmly regarding the man before him.

Kris, Marian's so-called brother.

He recognized him.