The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 249

Grace was just chilling on the side when she saw Theresa suddenly bolt towards the road like a bat out of hell, scaring the living daylights out of her. Grace's face went ghost white and she hightailed it over, hollering as she ran, "Theresa, stop!"

But Theresa, usually obedient, acted as if she was deaf to the world and sprinted even harder.

Brandon hopped out of his ride and flashed Grace the universal "hold up" sign as he went to intercept Theresa. He squatted in front of the incoming missile and caught her in his arms.

Theresa threw herself into Brandon's embrace, her chubby little arms latching onto his neck like there was no tomorrow, chirping and buzzing with excitement.

Brandon couldn't help but catch the excitement bug from her. He scooped her up and asked with a softened tone, "Did you have a blast with Grace today?"

Theresa nodded seriously, "Yeah."

"And what did Theresa get up to, huh?" Brandon asked, voice all mellow.

Theresa pointed at the slide and gave Brandon the lowdown, "Went down the slide. And,"

She twisted around to point at the merry-go-round, "The carousel."

Brandon glanced at the carousel and quizzed her, "Was it fun?" "Super fun."

to Brandon, a puzzled

was curious about where he'd been these past few days. He was kind of touched that she remembered him, and his voice softened even more, "I

gave a nod, only half-getting it, and peered at him

a toughie; spouting off an address wouldn't make a lick of sense to a

looked at him with confusion, "So, can I come over to your

if Mommy and

the "Daddy" part, but she understood "Mommy" and her eyes lit up, "Mommy

"You haven't even asked your mom, and you know she'd

we played claw

bit taken aback by her

it to heart. Worried that Brandon didn't believe her, she quickly offered, "For real. Or I can

was scrambling to get down from his arms to hunt

little face and quickly reassured her, "I believe Theresa." Theresa finally relaxed and eagerly asked, "So when do we

meant right now. Seeing him stumped by her question, the excitement in her eyes faded to unease, and her tight grip around his neck loosened a bit. Her fingers hesitantly tugged at his shirt as she softly called

gesture made Brandon take a second look at her. Theresa, maybe spooked by

scoop up Theresa and said to

reality, gave Grace a sheepish grin, and then turned to Theresa with eyes full of tenderness and