The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 357

"This video's a bit off," the tech guy replied, sliding the progress bar back and forth. He discovered a two-hour gap in the surveillance footage from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM and was so shocked that his hands were shaking as he clutched his

phone.

Brandon also sensed something fishy, "What is it?"

"The footage from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM on the 17th is missing, just vanished." The tech guy replied with a quiver in his voice, double-checking the video and even the cloud storage, but it was the same story - the footage was wiped clean. Brandon swallowed the anger bubbling up inside him and asked with a frosty tone, "Has anyone been near the surveillance room lately?"

"No one during my shift."

The tech guy answered nervously. The surveillance room was connected to the security office, operated with a 24-hour shift system, and he was pretty sure no one had come by during his watch.

"Nobody's clocking out today until we get to the bottom of this."

After laying down the law with a chilly voice, Brandon cut the call short.

Theresa, who was busy with her own things, definitely felt the tension in the air and looked up, puzzled, at Brandon.

"Daddy?" She called out to Brandon hesitantly, "What's wrong?"

Brandon cracked a smile at her, "Nothing."

Then he told her, "Theresa, you hang out here with Grace for a bit, okay? Daddy needs to step outside to make a phone call."

He didn't want Theresa to see him getting emotional with his staff.

Theresa nodded obediently, "Okay."

Brandon picked up his phone and stepped outside to call Kent.

Just as he made the call, he heard Kent's baffled voice behind him, "Mr. Crawley?"

And with it, a slightly excited female voice, "Brandon?"

Turning around, Brandon saw Kent coming out of the meeting room, followed by Tia, and his brow instantly furrowed.

Tia, unfazed by his icy look, walked up with her arms full of documents and cheerfully said, "Brandon, we meet again."

Brandon's gaze skipped right over Tia and landed on Kent, "What's she doing here?"

Kent glanced awkwardly at Tia, then back at Brandon, "Your dad brought her in as legal personnel."

Tia was surprised, "Ah? Mr. Crawley is your actual dad?"

"Mr. Crawley" was what she called Daniel.

Daniel was the head honcho of the current travel and resort subsidiary, and

everyone there referred to him as Mr. Crawley.

Brandon didn't look at her, and just kept his eyes on Kent, "The subsidiary doesn't need legal personnel. Once the work handover is complete, compensate and dismiss as per the labor contract."

Kent, getting the drift of what Brandon was aiming at and worried Tia might press her luck, quickly smiled at her, "Ms. Temple, why don't you head back to the office?"

Ignoring him, Tia turned to Brandon, visibly upset, "Brandon, I haven't screwed up my job. On what grounds can you just fire me like that? Is this how Starlight Group treats its employees?"

"The department is dissolving, and there are no suitable positions available for the staff concerned, so we have to terminate the labor contract. Rest assured, Ms. Temple, you'll get every

Kent, "Escort her out. I need to speak

couldn't persuade her to leave, quickly called another assistant to

back at Brandon, “Brandon, are you afraid you'll

towards the meeting

door and stepped inside but didn't sit down, instead turning to face Kent as he

a section from the lobby's

stunned, "How could

who was behind it. The missing footage exposed the relationship between Sophia and Theresa, and he wasn't sure if Sophia

had a history of this sort

Skyrim City mall's surveillance, Ivan had done this for her before. She wanted to hide her relationship with Theresa then, and she was capable of such an act. He

surveillance room from the 17th until

Kent nodded, "Got it."

I asked you

Jerry to handle. I told him to send it to my email once he's

up with Tia and work handover, haven't checked my email yet." Kent quickly added, "I'll send it to you in

on the surveillance issue

away,” Kent nodded

leave, his hand on the meeting

pastries to the

catching on, "Under what pretext?" Brandon replied, "Mr. Crawley's just had a baby

left the

Jerry had sent

bit rushed, but thankfully the company was big, with plenty of departments and hands to help. They'd had lots of events before and had a stable supply chain and designated

the task

puzzled than anything else about distributing pastries company-wide, since it

reason for the pastries distribution in his work group chat,

did Mr. Crawley

moly. Mr. Crawley's

right? Does Mr. Crawley even look

we've ever seen Mr. Crawley take

stand-up guy like Mr. Crawley, all prim and proper, not chasing skirts - he'd be the type

secretly tied the knot and had

married with kids, you wouldn't stand a chance. The queue of ladies wanting to marry Mr. Crawley at our company stretches out to

without getting slapped awake? Boo-hoo. Why did Mr.

it hush-hush all the way and hide his little princess too? As long as Mr. Crawley doesn't go

don't care, as long as I bury my head

a care and roughly understood why Brandon had decided to suddenly announce the joyful news of his daughter. He was cutting off any fantasy-fueled hopes

a wife who

a message in the group chat, "Alright, alright, that's enough. Get ready to hand out the pastries and beware, I might screenshot this and send

barrage of emojis, revealing the defiance from the group in a playful

lined up

but laugh and cry, sending back a comforting

there's nothing more painful in this world

married and have kids, and still having to put on a brave face and prepare

"Count me in."

"Me too."

"We all are."

responses, someone

little