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.”

rolled his eyes, not in the

many years, Kent knew pride wasn’t that high on

reviewing the proposal and hit

Susan, “Ms Cooper,

Brandon’s office before heading

“Come in.”

cool voice came from inside Susan pushed

look at her, “I’ve looked over your proposal, and I think the area has potential. There’s

looked surprised, “So, do you agree to

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

decision on whether we’ll go ahead

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

can I expect a response

“Two weeks”

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

“My colleagues are all vying for

fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight

that he wasn’t that

couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too anxious,

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

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

so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in

absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own, no need to

was Brandon intentionally

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

Susan thought for a bit, “Is he

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 what’s his

indicating she was just as clueless

was even

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 interested in their business district, bombarding her

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

room.

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

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

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

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

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