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.”

rolled his eyes, not in the mood to

worked with Brandon for so many years, Kent knew pride

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

looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would like to see

then glanced towards Brandon’s office before heading over

“Come in.”

and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed the door and

her, “I’ve looked over your proposal,

surprised, “So, do

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

personal opinion, but the final decision on whether we’ll go ahead with the partnership still

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

“When can I expect a

“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

are

does get snatched away, then it

that he was indirectly hinting that

if it was just business talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t

rant to Sophia about Brandon

really want any more news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment department needing to evaluate, Sophia

perceptive, instantly noticed the

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

stood up, So, was Brandon

Why would he stall you for no reason? If he’s

a bit, “Is he

always 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

confused too, Then what’s his

spread her hands, indicating she was

was even more

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

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

room.

bumped into Brandon day after day, seeing him more times than she had in the past

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 and Sophia some space. But

more than toss a polite hey her way before scooting off to

pensive.

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

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