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.”

not in the mood to

Kent knew pride wasn’t that high on Brandon’s

had finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom to Kent’s desk Send Ms.

and looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would like

office before heading

“Come in.”

cool voice came from inside Susan pushed the door and

to look at her, “I’ve looked over your proposal, and I think the area has potential. There’s room for

surprised, “So, do you

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

but the final decision on whether we’ll go ahead

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

further, “When can I expect a

“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 was a bit uneasy about

colleagues are all

get snatched away, then it means the Starlight

realized that he was indirectly hinting that he

Brandon was genuinely uninterested or if it was just business talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too anxious, so she chuckled,

help but rant to Sophia

she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment department needing

instantly noticed the subtle change in

himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own,

up, So, was Brandon intentionally stalling

no reason? If he’s not

for a bit, “Is

was interested, he would have

too,

hands, indicating she was just as

was even more

found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day, as if they were very interested in their business

talks was Kent, and they took place

room.

day, seeing him more times than she had in

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

hey her way before scooting off to his room. But now, although he was not saying he, she had caught him throwing glances her way amidst his

pensive.

some serious bug 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 together, lay it all out at once and deal with it in one

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