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 the mood

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

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

at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would like to

then glanced towards Brandon’s office before heading over

“Come in.”

and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed

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

“So, do you

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

on whether we’ll go ahead with

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

I expect a

“Two weeks”

finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the deal. This timeline was

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

worry, business has its fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight Group and your company weren’t meant to

that he wasn’t that interested in

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

rant to

Brandon, but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment

the subtle change in Sophia’s mood,

“Not really. But Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on

was Brandon

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

Susan thought for a bit,

be sure, 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

too, Then what’s

her hands, indicating she was

even

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

was Kent, and they took place either

room.

after day, seeing him more times

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 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 real, in

over, he’d do nothing more than toss a polite hey

pensive.

call, “Dragging me to their company every day. Can’t they just get their act together,

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