The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 19

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 in the

so many years, Kent knew pride wasn’t

reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom

at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley

Brandon’s office before heading over and knocking on

“Come in.”

voice came from inside Susan

your proposal, and I think the area has potential. There’s room for

“So, do you agree

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

whether we’ll go

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

asked further, “When can I

“Two weeks”

plus the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take

colleagues are all vying for other clients, and

does get snatched away, then

hinting that he wasn’t that interested

it was just business talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too anxious, so

to Sophia about Brandon once she got

patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When

the subtle change in Sophia’s

He could settle

So, was Brandon

no reason? If he’s not interested,

thought for a

and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have made the decision on the spot,

confused too, Then

indicating she was just as clueless

even more

handed over to the investment department, but instead. she found herself summoned to the

talks was Kent, and they took place either in his office’s conference room or

room.

unsurprisingly, Susan bumped into Brandon day after day, seeing him

those days off or weekends, the chances of bumping into Brandon were slim to none. She couldn’t figure out if Brandon was seriously a workaholic who never took a break or if he was purposely dodging her visits to give her and Sophia some space. But let’s be real, in the past two years, Susan hadn’t exactly been seeing a lot

keeping tabs on her. In the past, even if he was home and she oppped over, he’d do nothing more than toss a polite hey her way before scooting off to his room. But now,

pensive.

lately?” 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 act

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