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

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

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

up and looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper,

eyed Kent suspiciously, then glanced towards Brandon’s office

“Come in.”

voice came from inside Susan pushed the door and

looked over your proposal, and

surprised, “So, do you

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

but the final decision on whether we’ll go ahead with the partnership still needs

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

“When can I expect a response from

“Two weeks”

weeks to get a response, plus the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could

Susan asked, adding with a buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all vying for other clients, and I don’t want to lose

looked up 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

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

She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too anxious, so

help but rant to Sophia about Brandon once she

more news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment department needing to

perceptive, instantly noticed the

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

stood up, So, was Brandon intentionally

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

a bit, “Is he

If he was interested, he would have made the

too, Then what’s his

was just

even

be 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, as if they

was Kent, and they took place either in his office’s

room.

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

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

more than toss a polite hey her way before

pensive.

a break from munching, Susan couldn’t help but gripe to Sophia over a WhatsApp video call, “Dragging me to their company every

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