Chapter 7
Brandon was in the middle of a meeting with his phone lying next to him. When he heard the ping of a notification, he glanced over and caught a glimpse of a text from Patricia, pausing for a beat.
Kent, who was presenting at the time, was pretty sharp at reading the room. He paused mid-sentence, his eyes couldn’t help but sneak a peek at Brandon’s phone, only catching the name “Sophia” before Brandon smoothly flipped the phone face down on the table and looked up at him.
Kent got the jitters, thinking Brandon was about to chew him out, but all he got was a cool, detached glance, “Carry on!”
Kent hesitated, then nodded and tried to wrap up the design presentation, but as soon as he finished, Brandon’s face scrunched up in displeasure.
“Who greenlit this trashy proposal?” he asked, his voice was calm but it cranked up the tension in the already tight meeting room to eleven.
Kent was caught like a deer in headlights, glancing at Brandon and biting back his words.
Brandon’s gaze swept over the others in the room.
One by one, they all bowed their heads, feigning deep thought, scared stiff of locking eyes with Brandon and getting called out.
“Nobody has an answer? Brandon probed.
Silence Everyone clammed up.
Help-me looks were sneakily cast towards Kent.
Kent, Brandon’s right-hand man and the company’s VP, was always the one to take the heat, especially lately.
Even the slowest folks had picked up on Brandon’s off vibes. He wasn’t snappy or nitpicky, just inexplicably brought a chill to the room, with a laser focus on work that could freeze them.
And the kicker? He seemed to be on another planet half the time, like he was hit with a bout of amnesia.
With all eyes on him, Kent felt the heat. He could normally handle the blowback, but this time, could he really?
Kent tried to make himself small, hoping to slide under Brandon’s radar, but no dice. Brandon’s gaze followed the crowd’s and landed on him.
“Since everyone’s looking at you, why don’t you speak for the team, Kent? Brandon said, glancing at the Ephemoran architecture design on the big screen behind him, Who greenlit this trash?”
Kent was speechless.
Man, they were all throwing him under the bus
Brandon’s gaze held on Kent. “Kent?”
Kent, taking a deep breath, looked back at Brandon I, I don’t know.”
didn’t have the guts to spill
glanced at him, then back
their heads down, pretending to be deep in
your thoughts? Brandon called
and lobbed the question back at him. “Kent’s in
all busy pretending to take notes, then hesitantly met
it on
bit the bullet. “Mr. Crawley, It was you who approved the
night,” he added, barely above
room went
caught a rare glimpse
look at the design on the
seemed a bit off these past few days. Everything
back to neutral, “Sorry, my oversight. Redo the design proposal. Meeting
phone from the table and
the meeting room door
gave
“Warrior.”
them on his fingers. After all the times I’ve had your backs, you just toss me to the wolves when it counts.
have you who
hard. We’ll treat you to dinner
chuckled and responded, easing back into comfort, but still puzzled “Is something up with Mr. Crawley? He’s been
I noticed that too. He’s
feel the same. He’s never been like this. Did something happen
once again unanimously shifted to
What could be up with Mr. Crawley? Kent smoothly diverted the topic, “With his
days and zone out once in
bantering with the team, Kent retreated to
was right outside Brandon’s, shared with a few other assistants. They were all casually discussing work until Brandon walked by, prompting everyone to straighten up, sit stiffly, and not make a peep, but they relaxed as soon as Kent came in, each covertly
a few heads with the
of Brandon, Kent knew, including
from his employees. He was considerate, offered better compensation than competitors,
thought, his eyes drifting through the office space to
into his office chair, tossing his phone onto the
with that “Sophia”
into Sophia a few times, but man, she left a good impression on him. She was easy on the eyes, with sweet and innocent vibe, all quiet and no-fuss. She talked in this soft, slow voice that was just soothing to the ears no rush, no drama queen antics. She was polite and courteous with everyone, not pulling any of that high and mighty actake
divorce was hooked up by him, so yeah, he was clued in about the split
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calling it quits,
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In Chapter 7 of the when his eyes opened series, Sophia Yearwood visits her husband Brandon Crawley's office for the first time after two years of marriage. While waiting for him, she observes the dynamics in the office, including the presence of a girl named Hannah. Later, Sophia hands Brandon a file from his mother and casually mentions his mom's request. Despite the facade of a successful marriage, Sophia is secretly contemplating divorce due to Brandon's lack of love. They have a routine lunch together, revealing the cold and focused nature of Brandon's personality. Sophia envies the intimacy of other couples and decides to ask for a divorce that night after a passionate encounter with Brandon. Brandon surprisingly agrees calmly, and the next morning, Sophia leaves their home, leaving the signed divorce papers behind. Brandon, seemingly unaffected during a meeting, abruptly leaves, leaving his colleagues confused about his sudden change in demeanor...... Will this Chapter 7 author Novelxo.com mention any details. Follow Chapter 7 and the latest episodes of this series at Novelxo.com.
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