Chapter 557

After breakfast, Brandon dropped Theresa back home and left her in Grace's

care.

Maybe it was the haunting image of him with blood at the corner of his mouth from the night before, but Theresa wasn't her usual obedient self this time. As soon as Brandon tried to put her down, she instinctively clung onto his clothes for dear life.

This instantly took Brandon back to the time when Sophia was in trouble, and Theresa cried her eyes out, begging Sophia not to go. He felt a lump in his throat and his nose tingled with the onset of tears.

The incident had cast a much longer shadow over Theresa than anyone else.

"How about I take Theresa to the office, would that be nice?"

This time, Brandon didn't try to persuade her to stay at home like before. Instead, he did his best to soothe her.

Finally, the tension on Theresa's little face eased, and she nodded gently, "Okay."

the office, everyone couldn't help but sneak curious peeks

he had shown up at the office since

though everyone was still pretty clueless about the nature of Sophia and Brandon's relationship, as they had hardly ever indulged in any public displays of affection at the office. The closest they had come to that was when Tia had made a beeline for the cafeteria to confess her feelings

face. Instead, his gaze had drifted over her shoulder to Sophia, who was not far behind

close as the company got to witnessing any

the employees at Star Dempsey Architects and a select few, nobody

were in the dark about the connection between Sophia and him. However, his recent splurge on finding leads for Sophia had everyone in the company buzzing with surprise

the know keeping mum and the clueless ones munching on the gossip, with all eyes on what exactly was the deal

a touch of romance and tragedy colored the

Brandon's self-control, seriousness, and discipline, and his lack of any scandalous love life. From publicly rejecting another girl's advances to whisking Sophia away, to the sudden announcement of his daughter, and now the extravagant search for Sophia's whereabouts, combined with his absence from the office for a couple of days - something previously

at the office after being away for so long, everyone

plus there were many people passing through offices in

Theresa, they couldn't help but look behind him and then back at him, trying to do so without being

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