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 mood

years, Kent knew pride wasn’t that high on

had finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom to Kent’s desk Send Ms. Cooper

“Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would like to

eyed Kent suspiciously, then glanced towards Brandon’s office before heading

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from

over your proposal, and I think the

surprised, “So, do you agree to

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

decision on whether we’ll go ahead with the

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

“When can I expect a response from

“Two weeks”

to get a response, plus the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the deal. This

asked, adding with a buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all vying for other

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

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 anxious, so she chuckled, “True, I’ll just wait for the

couldn’t help but rant to Sophia about

Brandon, but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the

instantly noticed the subtle change in

her head slightly, “Not really. But Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole

So, was

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

a bit, “Is he

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

confused too, Then what’s his

hands, indicating she was just

was even more

herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day,

talks was Kent, and they took place either in his

room.

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

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 past two years, Susan hadn’t exactly been seeing a

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

pensive.

Brandon’s caught some serious bug lately?” In the 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

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