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.

and keep an eye on Theresa, will ya? She needs you. I'm partly to blame for what 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 swapping

same page as Sophia: just bring

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 heartbroken, "Wanna

with Theresa, and the thought of splitting from her and Sophia was

tears,

dinner

out tonight. You three have your first

some last-minute instructions, Grace finally hung

and Theresa next door to the mall for some grub. They'd been caught up in moving all afternoon, no time to whip

and not too crowded, with a menu that

joint in Skyrim City where Sophia and Theresa

Theresa remembered it alright.

out with mom and dad,

help but gab to Brandon, especially when she spotted a dish just like the one she had before, "Daddy, last time with mommy and Mr. Evert, we had

Sophia

with Ivan?" He asked,

Sophia whispered back, "He gave

were hashing out something about Ivan, tried to get in on the convo, "Mr.

babbled, she tried to show