Chapter 413

Theresa was a bit bummed but still nodded, letting out an unenthusiastic "Oh"

before she bowed her head silently and slipped off her shoes, looking all obedient and kinda pitiful.

Brandon's heart softened, and he turned around to pat her head.

"I'll will take you out with me."

"Really?"

Theresa's little face lit up with joy, her eyes shining with surprise.

Brandon chuckled and stroked her head again, "Of course, when have I ever fibbed to you?"

Theresa, reassured, was over the moon and quickly sat down to slip her shoes back on.

Sophia followed Ivan into the inner venue.

The bidding meeting hadn't officially kicked off yet, so the guests were all chill, munching on buffet treats and shooting the breeze with each other.

They were all real estate industry insiders, pretty much all familiar faces.

as the Evert Group's big cheese, wasn't a regular on the scene, but there were

his hand with a grin and headed toward Ivan, eagerly

books for a couple of years," Ivan replied with a smile, shaking his hand, "How's the health, Mr. Porter? Doing

a laugh, "How's your dad? Haven't

lately, resting up at home,"

he noticed Sophia standing next to Ivan and asked, surprised,

Marian, who had just walked in through a side door, instinctively looked over upon hearing the conversation and her expression subtly changed when she saw

attention was all on the portly

and I are just

and smoothly changed the subject, "If I were really getting hitched, I

invite then," while his eyes gave Sophia the once-over, seemingly not quite buying the

a bit uncomfortable. She gave a polite smile and then turned to say something to Ivan before heading off

hesitated for a moment, and then started

and made her way to the drinks area in the

picking up their beverages and waitstaff

sooner had Sophia positioned herself at the drinks table than a trolley loaded with drinks came to a stop not far behind her, with the server

lips pursing slightly, and as she reached to pick up a drink, she pretended to

man stumbled, instinctively trying to save his drink from spilling, which threw him off balance and sent him crashing into the server pushing

in time, was pushed into the trolley, which, on wheels, careened uncontrollably towards Sophia, who

looked up just in time to see the trolley hurtling towards Sophia, his face suddenly changing, and he rushed towards her, but

the shout and saw the runaway

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