The Indifferent Ex-Husband: Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate novel Chapter 374

"Your daughter?" Marian's voice suddenly shot up, her eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at Brandon and then at Theresa.

Theresa, startled by her reaction, gaped at her, completely clueless. Brandon, on the other hand, was chill as a cucumber.

"Is there a problem?" He asked.

Marian quickly shook her head, still reeling from the shock and a whirlwind of emotions.

Feeling ignored, Theresa couldn't help but tug gently at Marian's sleeve and asked with a puzzled look, "Miss, did you ever come across my mom’s drawing afterward?"

Brandon turned his gaze to Theresa, "What drawing?"

"The one that got lost, my mom's drawing." Theresa tried to explain, even making a circle in the air with her hands, "She was playing with me that day."

Brandon looked at Marian.

Marian had regained her composure and smiled at her, "I didn’t see it. I left before you; you don’t remember?"

Theresa shook her head, "I remember."

Marian did leave before her. With that thought, the glimmer of hope on her face dimmed once again.

Worried that Brandon might get suspicious, Marian quickly added with a smile to Brandon, "I was just coming downstairs when I saw her sitting in the lobby, playing so adorably. I couldn't resist playing with her for a bit. Just then Mr. Daniel Crawley came down, and I was afraid he'd catch me slacking off, so I hurried off."

Grace remembered the incident and chimed in with a smile, "Oh, right, she did come over to play with Theresa for a bit. Theresa seemed to like her a lot."

Brandon looked at Marian, "Did you see the drawing she had, Ms. Barlow?"

Marian shook her head, "Nope."

Confused, she glanced at Grace, "What drawing?"

Grace hadn't seen the drawing either and instinctively shook her head, "I didn't see any drawing either."

Theresa pouted unhappily.

Brandon turned to her and asked softly, "What's up, Theresa?"

She shook her head, not saying a word.

Marian didn't dare stay longer, smiling and bidding Brandon farewell, "Mr. Crawley, I'm heading back to work."

Then she turned to Theresa and waved, "Little one, I've got to get back to work. See you later."

Theresa didn’t react with the same excitement as when she first saw Marian, just giving her a glance, seemingly still unhappy.

"Was the drawing important?" Brandon looked at Grace.

Grace shook her head, "Not at all, the drawings Sophia leaves on her desk are usually just scrap paper. I’m told to toss them regularly. Plus, Sophia didn’t seem upset when she found out it was missing; she seemed as usual."

Brandon nodded and looked at Theresa, worried that she was still hung up on the incident after so many days because she felt guilty about losing something. He reassured her softly.

"It’s okay if something gets lost by accident; we’ll just be more careful next time, okay?"

Theresa nodded, "Okay."

"Let's not mess with mom's work stuff in the future, okay? If Theresa wants daddy to see, just take daddy to see it, alright?" Brandon continued gently.

Theresa obediently nodded again, "Okay."

"That’s my girl."

Brandon patted her head and picked her up to head back to the office. Passing Kent's desk, he knocked on it, "Come to my office for a sec."

Kent quickly put down what he was doing and followed.

Brandon placed Theresa on the sofa before turning back to Kent, "Have you figured out who deleted the security footage?"