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 the mood

with Brandon for so many years, Kent

the proposal and hit the

at Susan, “Ms Cooper,

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

“Come in.”

cool voice came from inside Susan pushed the door

“I’ve looked over your proposal, and I think

“So, do

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

on whether we’ll go ahead with

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

I expect a response

“Two weeks”

it could take months to seal the deal. This

are all vying for other clients,

does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight

indirectly hinting that he wasn’t that interested in their

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

she couldn’t help but rant to

want any more news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When

perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in Sophia’s

could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his

So, was

he stall you for no

a bit, “Is he

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

confused too, Then

indicating she was just as clueless about Brandon’s

was even

summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day, as if they were very interested in their business district, bombarding her with

they took place either

room.

unsurprisingly, Susan bumped into Brandon day after day, seeing him more times than

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

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 scooting off to his room. But now, although he was not saying he, she had caught him throwing glances her way

pensive.

break from munching, Susan couldn’t help but gripe to Sophia over a WhatsApp video call, “Dragging me to their company every day.

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