The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 347

Grace has been there for her since she got a bun in the oven, looking after her like she was part of the fam. She's been all hands on deck, making sure

everything from her grub habits to her nutrition and pregnancy tips were more dialed in than she could've done herself.

Once Theresa popped out, Grace went full mama bear on her, bending over backward to care for her. She even showed the two greenhorns, her and Susan, the ropes on how to handle a kiddo.

It was all thanks to her going the extra mile that she managed to juggle kiddo duty with hitting the books and the daily grind.

She'd totally got used to having Grace around, and Theresa had had Grace on her watch since day one, so she'd basically family in her book.

With Theresa's incident, plus the whole DNA test with Brandon, laying the foundation stone for the Zenitha-style resort, and sorting out her travel plans, Sophia's had zero bandwidth to sweat Grace's situation.

If she was away, having Grace around would've been a major comfort. She and Susan would've had time to hang with Theresa, without worrying about a repeat of the past drama.

But now, taking off wasn't in the cards. She and Brandon gotta punch the clock, and Theresa still needed someone on deck.

Sophia would take Grace sticking around over some rando any day of the week. Just bring in another pair of hands, and it was sorted.

Grace glanced at Brandon, hesitant.

went down before. Just take it as a lesson; won't happen again," Brandon chimed in. It wasn't that he thought Grace was irreplaceable, but

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make heads or tails of the grown-ups' chat but got the gist that Grace might bail. She looked up at Grace with those puppy dog eyes, all

there every step of the way with Theresa, and the thought of splitting from her and Sophia was

managed to nod through the tears, "Thanks, Sophia, and Mr. Crawley. I swear that last time won't

back for dinner then?"

skip out tonight. You three have your

some last-minute instructions,

next door to the mall for some grub. They'd

in a restaurant, quiet and not too crowded,

of the joint in Skyrim City where Sophia and Theresa had

Theresa remembered it alright.

her first meal out with mom

especially when she spotted a dish just like the one she had before, "Daddy, last time with

Sophia

Ivan?" He asked, cool as a

you bumped into me and Theresa." Sophia whispered

once-over but kept mum. Theresa, sensing they were hashing out something about Ivan, tried to get in on the convo, "Mr. Evert gave me a big doll last

to show Brandon just how