Chapter 228

Brandon watched with regret, his voice softening involuntarily, "I'm sorry. It's my bad. How about I make it up to you with a new one?"

The little girl, pouting, hesitated as she looked at Brandon, wanting to nod but too cautious to do so. She glanced back toward where she came from, as if looking for someone.

Instinctively, Brandon followed her gaze.

A tall and plump woman was hurrying toward them, the same one he had seen before in Wye City with the girl.

Brandon gave her a once-over.

The woman clearly recognized him too, offered an awkward smile at him, and moved forward to pick up Theresa.

Theresa, feeling wronged, pointed to the broken balloon on the ground, "Balloon's busted."

Brandon looked at the tall, plump woman, "Sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention and accidentally stepped on the little one's balloon."

The woman smiled, "It's no big deal, just a balloon."

"I just promised her a new balloon," Brandon said, glancing outside, "I remember there's a mall right by the entrance, would it be alright if I take her to pick one out?"

The woman quickly waved her hands, "No need, children forget fast, she'll forget about it soon enough. It's just a balloon, after all."

"To us adults, it's just a balloon, but to a kid, it might be more," Brandon said. "I already made a promise to her."

Brandon then looked at Theresa, the little girl gazing at him with big, hopeful eyes.

"Just a few minutes," Brandon said to the woman, "It won't take long."

"Or if you're worried, feel free to wait here for me, and I'll go get it," Brandon added.

The woman looked at him with a touch of surprise, perhaps unsure why someone as well-dressed as he would go out of their way to buy a balloon for a kid, but after a moment's hesitation, she nodded, "We'll wait here then."

"Alright."

Brandon responded lightly, looking at Theresa, "Theresa, can you wait here for a sec? I will go and get you a balloon, okay?"

He remembered that her name was "Theresa" from asking last time.

Just as Brandon was about to get up, the little girl suddenly grabbed his pant leg in quickly.

Brandon turned back to look at her.

"I... wanna... go... too."

The little girl's voice came out in short bursts, milky and eager, her big watery eyes filled with longing.

Brandon paused, looking at her.

up Theresa when she saw the child wanted to go with

can get one from there. Let

shook her head stubbornly, tears

gave her a comforting look, then tentatively reached out his

little girl immediately climbed onto him, as if afraid being taken away. Once securely in Brandon's arms, she clung

but hug her a little closer, then looked up at the tall, plump woman, but his attention was captured

looked up and paused

to Theresa, who was snugged

had already

beside her, and without

off, the plump woman

gestured for her to follow

woman hurried to

they were

stood there, staring at the backs of Brandon

his shoulder, her small arms tightly

Sophia with a complex of

"You alright?"

shook her head slightly, and then took out her phone to send a message to Grace: [No need

sending it, she turned to Ivan, somewhat apologetically, "Ivan, sorry, but I won't able

just smiled, "That's

see her today, to apologize for last night's incident

and Grace playing with Theresa downstairs. Not wanting the little ones to hear their conversation, Sophia had asked Grace to watch the kid while she talked with

of the

had firmly

An expected response.

"I'll be off then."

spoke without

wasn't one to persist unwelcomingly, and Sophia appreciated

"Alright,

didn't walk him out. They said goodbye and went their separate ways. Brandon took Theresa to

clinging to Brandon the whole way. Yet she was a child with a very sensitive mind; she could clearly sense the

the balloon, just gazed up with her big eyes, and asked Brandon with confusion, "Unkie, aren't

a warm smile, "No, I'm very

embraced Brandon's shoulder tightly, whispering into his ear with her soft voice,

from her fervent embrace and couldn't help but hold

"I'm fine."

the little girl with delight, though she did not know exactly how to show her happiness. She simply clung to Brandon,

thoughts were overwhelmed by images of

detect the icy expression on Brandon's face, worried that Theresa's disregard of boundaries might have annoyed him, and

stopped

tighter until they walked past the claw machine area on the first

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