NovelEnglishThe receptionist knew someone in the CEO's office and was totally gobsmacked to see Brandon fussing over a little girl like that.
She'd been at the company for years and, though she didn't see the big boss too often, aside from a bit of gossip a couple of years
back when Sophia showed up looking for Brandon, sparking rumors that he was hitched, followed by whispers of a divorce not long
after, Brandon's love life and marital status were pretty much a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside the company. No one ever
heard a peep about him having kids.
She couldn't for the life of her figure out what Brandon's deal was with the little girl and her curiosity was killing her. As soon as she
saw Brandon hop into the elevator, she couldn't wait to shoot a message to her connection in the CEO's office to do sdigging
and spilled the beans about what just went down.
The pal in the CEO's office was like, "You sure you didn't get it twisted? Mr. Crawley dealing with such small fry stuff? Nah."
Right after that message, in walks Brandon cradling a little girl, sitting pretty in his arms, her big, sparkly eyes taking in the room.
Even though folks had seen Brandon bring the little girl to work before, their jaws hit the floor every time, totally clueless about
what was up with the two of them.
People could chalk it up to coincidence the first time, but when it kept happening, they started thinking there was more to the
story.
Brandon didn't bat an eye at all the stunned looks. He just glanced over at Kent's seat and didn't spot him.
"Where's Kent?" He asked.
"He's out coordinating with the legal personnel at the branch office," piped up the assistant next to him.
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Theresa's eyes landed on a mannequin head on the desk, and she was instantly smitten with its long, luscious locks, leaning in
eagerly.
"Daddy, | wanna play with this," she chirped, sweet as candy, causing everyone in the outer office to do a double-take towards
Brandon and Theresa, only to see the usually stoic Brandon flash a tender smile at the little girl and say "Sure", before setting her
down on the couch and handing over the mannequin head, leaving everyone in shock once again.
After settling Theresa in, Brandon gave a casual glance towards the door, and everyone nearly jumped out of their skins to look
away. But the private chat groups were already blowing up with everyone trying to suss out when Brandon got a daughter.
All the veterans at the CEO's office remembered seeing Sophia drop by to see Brandon a couple of years ago, which tipped them
off about his marriage, and it wasn't long before they overheard Susan and Hannah accidentally spilled the beans about his
divorce. In the past two years, Brandon seemed like his love life was a blank space, and nobody had even a whiff about him having
a kid.
After nosing around for a bit, the gang cup empty-handed on any real scoop. The folks tight with Kent had the guts to loop him
in, asking about Brandon's kid, but no one got a peep in response.
Kent was still tied up.
Brandon wasn't blind to the shock plastered on everyone's faces, but he quickly shifted his focus back to Theresa.
The little tyke was totally enchanted by the mannequin head with its mane of hair, clumsily trying to braid it, her pretty face lit up
with surprise and delight.
Brandon watched her grin, his mind circling back to something Grace had mentioned on the way over about Daniel making the
little girl cry, and his eyes slowly frosted over again.
He picked up the phone and called security himself, "Sendthe lobby surveillance footage from the 17th this month, from 10 AM
to 1PM."
"Right away," cthe respectful reply from security as they fired up the video feed to track down the footage from the 17th.
It wasn't long ago, so they found it pretty quick.
The tech guy got to work, pulling up the feed from the 17th at 10 AM, slicing and dicing the clip; then he tried to drag the timeline
to 1 PM, but something was off. The footage didn't have anything for 1 PM; it jumped straight to after that.
He couldn't help but let out a puzzled sound.
Brandon's brow furrowed, "What's up?"
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