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

Brandon for so many years, Kent knew pride

the proposal and hit the intercom to

at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would

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

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed the door

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

“So, do you agree

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

whether we’ll go ahead with

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

“When can I expect a response from

“Two weeks”

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

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

it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight Group and your company

was indirectly hinting that he wasn’t that interested in their business

talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too anxious, so she chuckled, “True, I’ll just wait for the

to Sophia about Brandon once she

to Susan’s rant.

the subtle change in

power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal

up, So, was Brandon intentionally stalling

for no reason? If he’s not interested, he’d

thought for a bit, “Is

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, not left it to the

confused too, Then what’s his

spread her hands, indicating she was just as clueless

even more

found herself summoned to

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

room.

Susan bumped into Brandon 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

the past, 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 now, although he was not saying he, she

pensive.

a WhatsApp video call, “Dragging me to their

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