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.”

eyes, not in the mood

worked with Brandon for so many years, Kent knew

hit

looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley

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

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from inside Susan

over your proposal, and I

looked surprised, “So, do

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

further, “When can I expect a

“Two weeks”

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

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

get snatched away, then it means the Starlight Group and your company weren’t meant to

indirectly hinting that he wasn’t that interested in their business

Brandon was genuinely uninterested or if it was just business talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too

she couldn’t help but rant to

patiently listened to

perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle

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

stood up, So, was

not. Why would he stall you for no

for a bit, “Is he

I don’t know. He’s always been decisive and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have made the decision

was confused too, Then what’s

she was

was even

to the investment department, but instead. she found herself summoned to the Starlight Group for discussions every day, as if they were very

and they took place either in his office’s conference room or

room.

him more times than she had in the past two

weekends, the chances of bumping into Brandon were slim to none. She couldn’t figure out if

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 saying

pensive.

lately?” In the afternoon, 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 just get their act together, lay it all out at once and deal with it in

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