Chapter 19

In the office, Kent couldn’t help but sneak peeks at Brandon in the inner office now and then.

After looking over at him, he couldn’t resist giving Susan the once over, his eyes scrutinizing her until she got ticked off, “What’s up?”

She was still miffed about running into him earlier and his incessant babbling.

Kent shot back, not in the best mood either. “You sure know how to backdoor your way in with finesse.”

“That’s got nothing to do with me. I didn’t dare dream of sneaking through your boss’s backdoor He’s the one who came to me asking for the papers

Susan found it odd recalling how Brandon reacted when she mentioned Sophia earlier, not at all like he was indifferent about Sophia.

She pondered for a moment, then leaned in closer to Kent, lowering her voice, “Hey, let me ask you something, how were things between your boss and his wife before?”

Kent glanced at her, “Why the nosiness?

“Just curious

She leaned in closer again, “Come on, spill it.

“No clue

Susan was speechless.

So much for her little investigation.

“But, Kent eyed her, you sure have a knack for picking your moments. Mr. Crawley never used to give anyone special

treatment before.”

Susan said. Not even Sophia?

“You’d have to ask Mr. Crawley about that. Kent stroked his chin, Sophia never asked Mr. Crawley for any favors. Who knows if he’d make an exception for her? Maybe he’s been secretly hoping Sophia would come to him”

Susan drew out her voice in disbelief, Pssh

“Don’t be so quick to dismiss it. Didn’t you notice? The moment you brought up Sophia, his attitude shifted

Susan scoffed at him, “That’s not a change in attitude. It just shows your boss is still sore about being dumped by Sophia and can’t get over the blow to his ego.”

his eyes, not

Kent knew

and hit the intercom to Kent’s desk Send Ms.

up and looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper,

towards Brandon’s office before heading over and knocking on

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed the door and

over your proposal, and I think the

looked surprised, “So, do you

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

final decision on whether we’ll go ahead with the partnership still needs to

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

I expect

“Two weeks”

frowned, two weeks to get a response, plus the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the deal. This timeline was too lengthy, and she

bit? Susan asked, adding with a buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all vying for other clients, and I don’t want to lose out on a head

worry, business has its fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it

that he wasn’t that

couldn’t tell if Brandon was genuinely uninterested or if it was just business talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear

to Sophia about

patiently listened to Susan’s

so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change

Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own, no need to go

So, was Brandon

Why would he stall you for no

thought for a bit, “Is

been decisive and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have made the decision on the spot, not left it to the investment department to grind over for half

too, Then what’s

her hands, indicating she was just

even more

handed over to the investment department, but instead. she found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every

was Kent, and they took place either in

room.

after day, seeing him more times than she

the holidays. But even on those days off or weekends, the chances of bumping into Brandon were slim to none. She couldn’t figure out if Brandon was

toss a polite hey her way before scooting off to

pensive.

In the afternoon, during a break from munching, Susan couldn’t help but gripe to Sophia over a WhatsApp video call, “Dragging me to their company every day. Can’t they just get their

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