The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 589

Brandon frowned slightly and instinctively looked back in the direction of Harvey Ferber.

Harvey Ferber had wandered off with Kent, leaving only a tall and indifferent silhouette behind.

"What's with the weird vibe?" Brandon asked Theresa in a hushed tone.

Theresa shook her head blankly: "I don't know."

"Weird" was about the only adjective her little mind could muster up.

Brandon gave her a reassuring smile: "No worries."

He tried to probe a bit more: "Does the way uncle looked at you make you feel uncomfortable?"

Theresa shook her head again: "No."

Brandon: "Does it scare you?"

Still shaking her head, Theresa replied: "No."

So it wasn't a look that would unsettle or frighten a kid.

Brandon's heart settled a bit, and he softly consoled her: "Maybe uncle's seeing you for the first time, so he's just a bit curious, that's all."

"Oh."

Theresa nodded, not quite understanding, as Brandon carried her out of the mall. The doors opened to fewer people outside than in, so she wriggled to be let down to walk by herself.

Brandon bent down to set her down, straightening her clothes as he spoke: "Stay with godmom for a sec, daddy's gonna fetch the car."

The end-of-year mall rush had the underground parking lot jam-packed, so he had no choice but to park in the open-air lot.

Theresa obediently nodded: "Okay."

a few words of caution, and then

in hand with Susan, ambled toward the curb, her curiosity getting the better of her as she gawked around. When she caught sight of the "West District Sky Mall" logo,

packed as the mall, but there were still plenty

get knocked over and trampled. Susan turned pale

made Brandon freeze in his tracks and whirl around to look for

was like a little whirlwind, weaving through the crowd, now in tears and screaming

toward Theresa. The onlookers were startled by her actions, pausing to watch the drama unfold. People walking by, oblivious to her, could easily trip her

crowd gasped in

to get up, she just sat there, crying her lungs out for Sophia,

sense something and

was standing at a bustling intersection, with traffic and pedestrians

square itself was teeming with people. She couldn't see anything

looked at her:

her head in a

hesitated, not moving

electric scooter, unable to get past, honked its horn in irritation

go, it's too busy here, we shouldn't block

to the scooter

scooping her up, and checked her over with concern: "Did you

off, he had

heart nearly stopped when she tripped, fearing the crowd might accidentally trample on her

shook her head and

pounding with fear, caught up and anxiously

crying, gasping for air, like a little lost animal that couldn't speak. Brandon hugged

a while, but Theresa finally caught her breath and sobbed to Brandon: "Mommy,

looked at Theresa: "Why would you think that all of

Brandon through tearful eyes, not saying a

just now?" Brandon asked softly, looking at

didn't stop, even when I kept calling