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."

ruffled her hair, gave Susan a few words of caution, and then turned to

hand 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, a familiar figure turning away caught her eye. Her expression shifted, and suddenly she broke free from Susan's grip, dashing toward the figure while calling out "Mommy" as she ran and

square wasn't as packed as the mall, but there were still plenty of

Theresa darted into the crowd, and it wouldn't have taken much for her to get knocked over and trampled. Susan

freeze in his tracks and

the crowd, now

her actions, pausing to watch the drama unfold. People walking by, oblivious to her, could easily trip her up, and that's precisely

crowd gasped in

exhaustion, but after a struggle to get up, she just sat there, crying her lungs out

street, seemed to sense something and glanced

bustling intersection, with traffic

with electric bikes, and the square itself was

looked at her:

head in a daze: "It's

hesitated, not moving

scooter, unable to get past, honked its

quickly tugged at Sophia to step aside: "Let's go, it's too busy

glanced at her, then apologetically said sorry to the scooter

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

the moment Theresa took off,

when she tripped, fearing the crowd might accidentally trample on

didn't respond, just shook

anxiously looked at Theresa:

like a little lost animal that couldn't speak. Brandon hugged her tight, gently patting her back, trying to soothe

finally caught her breath and sobbed to Brandon: "Mommy, mommy

think that all

through tearful eyes, not saying a

see something just now?" Brandon asked softly, looking at

"But she didn't stop, even