The Indifferent Ex-Husband: Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate novel Chapter 360

"From Mr. Crawley," Cindy replied in passing.

Both Don and Sophia were speechless.

"Mr. Crawley got some good news?" Don asked tentatively, instinctively glancing at Sophia.

Sophia looked back, totally confused.

Cindy was about to answer when the elevator doors outside slid open, and Theresa walked out, hand in hand with Grace, both looking perplexed and scanning their surroundings curiously.

Cindy recognized Theresa and exclaimed with delight, "Cutie pie?"

Her shout immediately drew everyone's attention to the entrance.

"Wow, whose gorgeous kid is this?" Someone gasped in admiration.

The compliment triggered even more curiosity, and people started crowding the doorway to catch a glimpse.

Theresa was just bored from playing in her dad's office and hadn't seen him return, so she asked Grace to take her out for a bit of fun.

She didn't have a particular destination in mind and just hit a random floor button.

Grace had gotten the go-ahead from Kent to take Theresa wherever, with no need to fuss, so she didn’t stop Theresa's every move.

They never expected to step out of the elevator into a crowd treating them like exotic animals on display. Both Theresa and Grace were taken aback.

Grace's phone rang just then, a call from Brandon asking where they were.

"We're on the seventeenth floor." Grace whispered into her phone, turning away and lowering her voice, "Theresa hit the button herself."

Brandon raised an eyebrow in surprise but calmly replied an "Okay" before hanging up.

Grace pocketed her phone and turned to look at Theresa, who stood there looking adorably clueless with her big, round eyes, especially in her outfit, like a little girl straight out of a period drama.

Her dazed look only fueled the crowd's amazement, and soon enough, someone enthusiastically waved at her, "Hey there, where did you come from?"

Theresa instinctively pointed upstairs to the inquisitive woman and seriously said, "From upstairs."

Her earnest and blank expression made the onlookers laugh.

"My gosh, too cute."

Someone couldn't help but squat down and reach for her cheeks.

Theresa quickly shook her head, "No squeezing the cheeks, it'll make me drool."

"Oh my, she’s so cute, I love her," the girl who squatted down to tease her said exaggeratedly.

Confused by her reaction, Theresa looked at her, not understanding.