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.”

eyes, not in the mood

so many years, Kent

and hit the intercom

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

eyed Kent suspiciously, then glanced towards Brandon’s office before heading over

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from inside Susan

to look at her, “I’ve looked over your proposal, and I

do you

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

I expect a

“Two weeks”

time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal

are all vying for other clients, and I

it does get snatched away,

indirectly hinting that he

mind and didn’t

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

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

the subtle change in Sophia’s

slightly, “Not really. But Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his

up, So, was Brandon intentionally

you for no reason?

thought for a bit,

he would have made the decision on the spot, not

Susan was confused too, Then

she was just

was even

found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for

Kent, and they took place either in his office’s conference

room.

day, seeing him more times than

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

oppped over, he’d do nothing more than toss a polite hey her way before scooting off to his room. But now, although

pensive.

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

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