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.”

his eyes, not in the mood to

Kent

finished reviewing the proposal and hit

up and looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr

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

“Come in.”

cool voice came from

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

do you

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

decision on whether we’ll go ahead with the

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

“When can I

“Two weeks”

it could take months to seal the deal. This

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

has its fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight Group and your company

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 news from

rant to Sophia about Brandon once she

news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to

perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle

himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight

So, was Brandon intentionally stalling

for no reason? If he’s not interested, he’d just

Susan thought for a

he would have made the decision on the spot, not left it to the investment department to grind over for half

Susan was confused too, Then

hands, indicating she was

even more

summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day, as if they were very

for these talks was Kent, and they took place either in his office’s conference room

room.

after day, seeing him more times than she had in

to duck out of work to hang with Sophia or hit her up during the holidays. But even on those days off or weekends, the chances of bumping into Brandon were

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,

pensive.

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 just get their act together, lay it all out at once and deal with it in one

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