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

many years, Kent knew pride wasn’t that high

and hit

“Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would like to

towards Brandon’s office

“Come in.”

from

at her, “I’ve looked over your proposal, and

do you

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

decision on whether we’ll go

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

can I

“Two weeks”

finalize contracts, it could take months to

buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all vying for other clients, and I

worry, business has its fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight

realized that he was indirectly hinting that

uninterested or if it was just business talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear

to

didn’t really want any more news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment department needing to evaluate, Sophia

perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in

shook her head slightly, “Not really. But Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own, no need to go

So, was Brandon intentionally

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

Susan thought for a bit, “Is

know. He’s always been decisive and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have

Susan was confused too, Then

her hands, indicating she was just as clueless

even

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,

Kent, and they took place either

room.

bumped into Brandon day after day, seeing him more

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 a break or if he was purposely dodging her visits to

be 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

pensive.

over a WhatsApp video call, “Dragging me to their company every day. Can’t they just get their act together, lay it

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