The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 463

Brandon ducked out of the office before quitting time.

The moment the door swung open, there was Theresa, playing solo on the play mat.

The setting sun streamed through the balcony, casting a pale yellow light in the chilly living room, somehow carrying a tinge of lonely desolation.

Brandon couldn't help but gaze at Theresa, lost in thought, while the image of Sophia leaving with her suitcase haunted his mind.

He slightly turned his head, his Adam's apple bobbing intensely in the dying light of the sun.

Grace, busy with her tasks, looked up to see him and greeted him, "Mr. Crawley, you're back."

Hearing the voice, Theresa, engrossed in her toys, looked up and, spotting Brandon home from work, was over the moon. She dropped her toys and scampered over to him with a pitter-patter of little feet.

Brandon squatted down and opened his arms to catch the little tornado that was Theresa.

"Did Mommy come home today?" he asked, smoothing her tousled hair with a soft voice.

"Mhm," Theresa nodded, "She said she had to go on a business trip."

"And did she mention when she would be back?" Brandon inquired.

Theresa pouted and shook her head, looking a bit downcast but soon perked up again, "But Mommy said she'll call me whenever she gets a chance."

"Hmm," Brandon hummed in response, gently stroking her hair, falling silent.

That evening, Brandon, as usual, took Theresa for dinner, went for a walk with her, but perhaps because Sophia wasn't there, these simple, cozy routines felt oddly hollow and tasteless.

Theresa, still young, didn't grasp the sting of parting too deeply and threw herself wholeheartedly into the fun at the playground.

But Brandon was somewhat distracted.

He even felt time dragging on unbearably.

know how Sophia felt during the two years she

go solo, it must

unhappy one was

one affected by this marriage

like a caged beast on

was so intense it nearly turned his love into

heart, and he

could vaguely understand what Sophia had once said. how

that night, Brandon bathed Theresa and

called at

to do so,

be busy with work and hasn't had a chance to call you yet," Brandon coaxed softly, "How about you go

always a well-behaved child, nodded obediently at her

closed her eyes, and soon drifted off to

Theresa's peaceful sleeping face for a while before his gaze

phone lay still, without a

snatched it up and dialed Sophia's number without

the number you have dialed is

to be greeted by the

hung up abruptly and headed

In the hotel.

phone

reported dutifully about Theresa's day, "Mr. Crawley came home earlier tonight, had dinner with her, and then took her to the park. He

at all

replied, "Why are

swamped, just got a

want me to wake Theresa up?"

stopped her, "I'll call her

you get some rest, don't wear

"Yeah, you too."