The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 19

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 mood

many years, Kent knew pride wasn’t that high

hit the

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

then glanced towards Brandon’s office before heading over

“Come in.”

and cool voice came from inside Susan

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

surprised, “So, do you agree

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

opinion, but the final decision on whether we’ll go

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

can I

“Two weeks”

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

things up 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

too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight Group and your company weren’t

that he was indirectly hinting that he

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

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

to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment department needing to evaluate, Sophia

ever so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in

“Not really. But Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own, no need to

was Brandon intentionally stalling

for no

for a bit, “Is he

and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have made the

Susan was confused too, Then

her hands, indicating she was just as clueless about Brandon’s

was even

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

was Kent, and they took place either in his

room.

day, seeing him more times than

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

more than toss a polite hey her

pensive.

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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