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

guessed she 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,

and peered at him with big, curious eyes, "Where is

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

was and looked at him with confusion, "So, can I come over

Mommy and Daddy say it's

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

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

"When we played claw machine, Mommy

bit taken aback by

kiddo took it to heart. Worried that Brandon didn't believe her, she quickly offered, "For real.

knew it, she was scrambling to get down from his arms to hunt down Grace

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

over, she naturally thought it 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

second look at her. Theresa, maybe spooked by his gaze, had

saw this and moved in, ready to scoop up

grin, and then turned to Theresa with eyes full