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 to

so many years, Kent knew pride wasn’t that high on Brandon’s

had finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom

“Ms Cooper,

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

“Come in.”

and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed the door and

her, “I’ve looked over your proposal, and I

surprised, “So, do

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

can I

“Two weeks”

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

smile, “My colleagues are all vying for other clients, and I

up at her, “Don’t 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

that he was indirectly hinting that he

read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare

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

to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned

perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in Sophia’s mood, “Any

power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own, no need to go through

up, So, was Brandon intentionally stalling

for no reason? If he’s not interested,

thought for a bit, “Is

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

Susan was confused too,

was just as clueless

was even more

to the investment department, but instead. she found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day, as if they were very interested in

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

room.

day after day, seeing him more times than she had in the

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 and Sophia some space. But let’s be real, in the past two years, Susan hadn’t exactly been seeing a lot

do nothing more than toss a polite hey her way before scooting

pensive.

help but gripe to Sophia over a WhatsApp video call, “Dragging me to their company every day. Can’t they just

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