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

with Brandon for so many years, Kent

reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom to Kent’s desk

up and looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr

office before heading over and knocking on

“Come in.”

and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed

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

looked surprised, “So, do you agree to

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

opinion, but the final decision on whether we’ll go ahead with the partnership still needs to be evaluated

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

“When can I expect a response from you

“Two weeks”

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

smile, “My colleagues are all vying for

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

that he wasn’t that interested in their

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

this, she couldn’t help but rant to Sophia about

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

noticed the subtle change in

decision-making power. He could settle

up, So, was Brandon intentionally stalling

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

Susan thought for a bit, “Is he

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

Susan was confused too, Then what’s

she was

was even

picture once the project was handed over to the investment department, but instead. she found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every

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

room.

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

were like two peas in a pod, and with her job having her run around all over 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 couldn’t figure out if Brandon was seriously a workaholic who

keeping tabs 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 not saying he, she had caught him throwing glances her way amidst his busyness, his eyes always looking

pensive.

a WhatsApp video call, “Dragging

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