The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 19

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.”

rolled his eyes, not in the

Kent knew pride wasn’t that high

Brandon had finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom to Kent’s desk

hung up and looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would like to

suspiciously, then glanced towards Brandon’s office before heading over

“Come in.”

from inside

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

“So, do you agree to

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

I expect

“Two weeks”

frowned, 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 was too lengthy, and she was

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

at her, “Don’t worry, business has its fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight Group and your company

he was indirectly hinting that he wasn’t that interested

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

she couldn’t help but rant to Sophia about Brandon once she got

any more news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant.

so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in Sophia’s

absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own, no

was Brandon

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

for a bit,

I don’t know. He’s always been decisive and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have made the decision on the spot, not left it to the investment department to grind over for

Susan was confused too, Then

spread her hands, indicating she was

even more

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

talks was Kent, and they took place either in his

room.

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

and Sophia 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

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

pensive.

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

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