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

with Brandon for so many years, Kent knew

proposal and hit the intercom

and looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley

towards Brandon’s office before heading over and

“Come in.”

cool voice came from inside

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

surprised, “So, 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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

can I

“Two weeks”

take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the deal. This timeline was too lengthy,

bit? Susan asked, adding with a buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all vying for

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

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

She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare

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

patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan

ever so perceptive, instantly noticed the

settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own, no need to go

So, was Brandon intentionally stalling

he stall you for no reason? If he’s not interested,

Susan thought for a bit,

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

too, Then what’s his

indicating she was just as clueless about

was even more

picture once the project was handed over to the investment department, but instead. she found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day, as if they were very

place either

room.

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

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

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

pensive.

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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