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 to

so many years, Kent knew

finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom

“Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would like to see

Brandon’s office before heading over and knocking

“Come in.”

cool voice came from

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

looked surprised, “So, do

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

personal opinion, but the final decision on whether we’ll go ahead

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

“When can I expect

“Two weeks”

finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the

“My colleagues are all vying for other clients, and I don’t want to lose out on a head

If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight Group and your company weren’t

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

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

to Sophia about Brandon once she got home that

listened to

perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in Sophia’s mood, “Any

settle the whole

was Brandon intentionally

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

Susan thought for a bit, “Is he

have made the decision on the spot, not left it to the investment department

was confused too, Then

was just as clueless about

was even

found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day, as if they were very interested in their business district, bombarding

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

room.

seeing him more times than she had

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 a break or if he was purposely dodging her visits to give her and Sophia some space. But let’s be

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.

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

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