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

finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom

and looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper,

then glanced towards Brandon’s office before heading over

“Come in.”

came from inside Susan pushed the door

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

surprised, “So, do

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

“When can I expect a response from

“Two weeks”

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

colleagues are all vying

“Don’t worry, business has its fate too. If it does get snatched away,

was indirectly hinting that he wasn’t that interested in

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

couldn’t help but rant to

didn’t really want any more news about Brandon, but she patiently listened to Susan’s

so perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in Sophia’s

really. But Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole

So, was

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

for a

he was interested, he would have made the decision on the spot, not left it to the investment department to grind over for

was confused too, Then what’s his

indicating she was just as clueless about Brandon’s

even

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

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

room.

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

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

past, even if he was home and she oppped over, he’d do nothing more than toss a polite hey her way

pensive.

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 one

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