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 mood

with Brandon for so many years, Kent knew pride wasn’t that high

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

Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would like to

Brandon’s office before

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from

looked over your proposal, and I think the area has potential. There’s room

do you agree

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

go ahead with the partnership still needs to be evaluated

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

can I expect a

“Two weeks”

time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the deal. This timeline was too lengthy,

colleagues are all vying for other

“Don’t worry, business has its fate too. If it does get

hinting that he wasn’t that interested in their

if Brandon was 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 good news

help but rant to

to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment department needing

noticed the subtle change in

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

up, So, was Brandon intentionally

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

for a bit, “Is he

was interested, he would have made the decision on the spot, not

Susan was confused too, Then what’s

was just as clueless

was even

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

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

room.

Brandon day after day, seeing him more times than

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 never took

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

pensive.

video call, “Dragging me to their company every day. Can’t they just get their act together, lay it all out at once

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