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

years, Kent knew pride wasn’t that

hit the intercom to Kent’s desk

“Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would

office before heading

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed the door

looked over your proposal, and I think the area

looked surprised, “So, do you

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

on whether we’ll go ahead with the partnership still needs to be evaluated by the Investment

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

I expect a

“Two weeks”

weeks to get a response, plus the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the deal. This timeline

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

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

that

it was just business talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too anxious, so

but rant to

news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to

noticed the subtle change in

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 through anyone or any

So, was Brandon intentionally

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

thought for a bit,

decisive and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have

too, Then what’s

she was just as

even more

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 were very interested in their business district, bombarding her with questions

took place either in his office’s conference room or the VIP

room.

day, seeing him more times than she had in the

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 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 he, she had caught him throwing glances her way amidst his busyness, his eyes always looking a

pensive.

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

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