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

many years, Kent

proposal and hit the

“Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would

office before heading over

“Come in.”

cool voice came from

to look at her, “I’ve looked over your proposal, and I think the area has

do you agree

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

“When can I expect a

“Two weeks”

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

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

worry, business has its fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight Group and your company weren’t meant to

he was indirectly hinting that he wasn’t

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

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

patiently listened to

ever so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in Sophia’s

himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle

up, So, was Brandon

for no reason? If he’s not

thought for a bit, “Is he

couldn’t be sure, I don’t know. He’s always been decisive and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have made the decision on the spot,

too,

was just as

even

instead. she found herself summoned to the Starlight Group

took place either

room.

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

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

she oppped over, he’d do nothing more than toss a polite 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 busyness, his

pensive.

reckon Brandon’s caught 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

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