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.”

his eyes, not in

so many years, Kent knew pride wasn’t that

finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom to Kent’s desk Send

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

then glanced towards Brandon’s office before heading over and knocking on the

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed the door

looked over your proposal, and I think the area has potential. There’s room

looked surprised, “So, do you agree to

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

the final decision on whether we’ll go ahead

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

further, “When can I expect a response

“Two weeks”

to get a response, plus the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal

“My colleagues are all vying for other

her, “Don’t worry, business has its fate too. If it does get snatched away, then

that he was indirectly hinting that

was just 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 good

to Sophia about Brandon

to Susan’s

instantly noticed the subtle change

settle the whole Starlight Hotel

stood up, So, was

he stall you for no reason?

thought for a bit, “Is

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 investment department to grind over for half a

confused too, Then what’s

spread her hands, indicating she was just as

even

found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day, as if they were very interested in their

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

room.

seeing him more times than she had in the past two

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,

seemed to be keeping tabs on her. In the past, even if he was home and she oppped over, he’d do nothing more than toss a polite hey her way before

pensive.

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

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