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

so many years, Kent knew pride

reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom

hung up and looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would

office before heading over and knocking

“Come in.”

cool voice came from inside Susan pushed the

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

“So, do you agree

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

on whether we’ll go ahead with the partnership

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

I expect a

“Two weeks”

could take months to seal the deal. This timeline was too lengthy, and she was a bit

bit? Susan asked, adding with a buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all

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

hinting that he wasn’t that interested in their business

genuinely uninterested or if it was just business talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too

she couldn’t help but rant to Sophia about Brandon once she

news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment department needing to evaluate, Sophia

so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in Sophia’s

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

was Brandon

you for no reason? If he’s not

for a bit,

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

confused too,

she was just as

was even

but instead. she found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day,

they took place either in his office’s conference room or

room.

him more times than she had in the past two

Sophia or hit her up during the holidays. But even on those days off or weekends, the chances of bumping into Brandon were

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

pensive.

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

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