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

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

had finished reviewing the proposal and hit the

“Ms Cooper, Mr

eyed Kent suspiciously, then glanced towards Brandon’s office before

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed

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

looked surprised, “So, do you agree

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

I

“Two weeks”

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,

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

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

that he was indirectly hinting that

couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and

but rant to Sophia about Brandon once

but she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment department needing

so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle

Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on

up, So, was Brandon intentionally stalling

Why would he stall you for no reason? If

for a bit, “Is he

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

confused too,

indicating she was just as clueless about

even more

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

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

room.

into Brandon day after day, seeing him more times than she had

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

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 saying

pensive.

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

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