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 mood

for so many years, Kent knew pride

hit the intercom

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

towards Brandon’s office before heading over and knocking on the

“Come in.”

voice came from inside Susan pushed the

proposal, and I

“So, do you agree to

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

whether we’ll go ahead with the partnership still needs to be evaluated by

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

I expect a response

“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

a bit? Susan asked, adding with a buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all vying for other clients, and I

fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight Group and

realized that he was indirectly hinting that he wasn’t that interested in their

couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too anxious, so she

this, she couldn’t help but rant to Sophia about Brandon once she

but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment department needing to evaluate, Sophia

so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change

But Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight

So, was Brandon intentionally

would he stall you for no reason? If he’s not interested, he’d

thought for a bit,

was interested, he would have made the decision on the spot, not left it to the investment department to grind over

confused too, Then what’s his

spread her hands, indicating she was just as clueless about

even

of the picture once the project was handed over to the investment department, but instead. she found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day, as if they were

they took place either

room.

him more

pretty standard for her to duck out of work to hang with Sophia or hit her up during the holidays. But even on those days off or weekends, the chances of bumping into Brandon

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

pensive.

a WhatsApp video call, “Dragging me to their company every day.

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