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

Brandon for so many years, Kent knew

Brandon had finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom to Kent’s desk Send Ms.

Susan, “Ms Cooper,

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

“Come in.”

and cool voice came from inside Susan

over your proposal, and I

do

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

decision on whether we’ll go ahead with the partnership still needs

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

asked further, “When can I expect a response from

“Two weeks”

get a response, plus the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the deal. This timeline was

a buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all vying for other clients, and I don’t want to lose

“Don’t worry, business has its fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight Group and your

realized that he was indirectly hinting that he wasn’t that interested

or if it 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

rant to

patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When

perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in

head slightly, “Not really. But Brandon himself has absolute decision-making 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, he’d just

Susan 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 investment department to grind over

Susan was confused too, Then

indicating she was just

even more

but instead. she found herself summoned to

was Kent, and they took place either in his office’s conference room or the VIP

room.

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

up during the holidays. But even on those days off or weekends, the chances of bumping into Brandon were slim to none. She

hey her way before scooting off to his room. But

pensive.

call, “Dragging me to their company every day. Can’t they just get their act together, lay it all out at once and deal with it in one

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