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

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

hit the intercom to

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

glanced towards Brandon’s office before heading over and

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from

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

surprised, “So, do you agree

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

can I

“Two weeks”

the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the deal. This timeline

with a buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all vying for other clients, and I don’t want to lose out

has its fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the

that he wasn’t that

mind and didn’t dare appear too anxious, so she chuckled, “True, I’ll just wait for the good news

but rant to Sophia about Brandon once

didn’t really want any more news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment department needing to

so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in

“Not really. But Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own, no need to go through anyone or any

So, was Brandon intentionally stalling

no reason?

for a

been decisive and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have made the decision on the spot, not left it to

confused too,

hands, indicating she was just

was even more

be out 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

and they took place either in his office’s conference room or

room.

day after day, seeing him more times

job having her run around all over the place year-round, it was 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 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

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

pensive.

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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