Chapter 516

Sophia had just checked into her hotel and made a beeline for the Zenitha-style resort construction site to scope out the scene.

Tomas was also on the site, took Sophia under his wing, and showed her around the site. Everything was prepped and ready to roll for the project's kickoff bright and early the next morning.

By the time Sophia wrapped up her site visit, it was already past eight in the evening. The site was all set, ready to hit the ground running, which eased Sophia's mind a bit. She didn't grab a bite to eat until past eight and didn't get back to her hotel until after nine.

That was when she finally had a moment to ring up Theresa. She made the call through Brandon's phone.

Brandon was swamped, burning the midnight oil to wrap up his work, so he could take Theresa to meet up with Sophia the next day.

Theresa wasn't asleep yet, probably because having Brandon there kept her steady, a far cry from her daytime waterworks. Still, she wasn't her usual perky self, just moping around solo, silently stacking up her blocks until Brandon came over with his phone to tell her mommy was on the line. That got a flicker of life back into her gloomy little face.

"Mommy," she whimpered when she called out to Sophia, looking like she was on the verge of tears again.

"I'm right here." Sophia cooed, trying to soothe her, "Mommy's just on a business trip; I didn't leave Theresa behind. How about I wrap up my work tomorrow and then spend some quality time with Theresa, deal?"

Theresa, with a pouty nod, then threw Sophia a pinky promise, "You gotta pinky swear, no fibbing."

mirrored the gesture, "Pinky

finger against the phone screen; trying to hook Sophia's finger and realizing it was a no-go, she almost burst into tears right then

do I do? I can't touch your

pinky with hers, and gently assured

still bummed, "I want mommy

exchanging a helpless look

her softly, "High-fiving mommy counts just the same as a pinky swear. High fives mean the deal is set in stone, no take-backs. Let's give mommy a

Brandon, cautiously pressed her palm against the screen, and

but still managed to remind Sophia in her sorrowful tone, "Tomorrow, when daddy and

Sophia replied softly, her voice tender yet

the deal for Theresa, her sullen face finally breaking into a

Sophia suggested gently, "When you wake

Theresa obediently nodded, "Okay."

stroked her hair, "Go sleep with Auntie Grace

she obediently agreed, then hopped off the bed, grabbed her stuffed toy,

before turning back to

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