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

so many years, Kent knew pride

proposal and hit the

“Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would like to see

Brandon’s office before heading over and knocking on

“Come in.”

cool voice came from inside

looked over your proposal, and I think

do you agree

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

we’ll go ahead with the partnership still

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

asked further, “When can I expect a

“Two weeks”

two weeks to get a response, plus the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the

we speed things 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 lose out on

it does get snatched away, then it means

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

She couldn’t 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!

but rant to Sophia about

didn’t really want any more news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to

so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change

has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on

up, So, was

you for no reason? If he’s not interested,

thought for a bit, “Is he

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

she was just

even

thought she’d be out of the picture once the 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

they took place either in his office’s conference

room.

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

the place year-round, it was pretty standard for her 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 slim to none. She

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

pensive.

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

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