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.”

not in the

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

Brandon had finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom

at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley would like to

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

“Come in.”

voice came from inside Susan pushed the door

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

looked surprised, “So, do

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

can I

“Two weeks”

a response, plus the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to seal the deal. This timeline was too lengthy, and she was a bit

buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all vying

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

that

it was just business talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too anxious, so she chuckled, “True, I’ll just wait for the

but rant to Sophia about Brandon once

patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned

noticed the

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

stood up, So, was

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

a

would have made the decision on the spot, not left it to the investment

too, Then what’s his

was just as clueless about Brandon’s

was even more

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 were very interested in their

and they took place either

room.

unsurprisingly, Susan bumped into Brandon day after day, seeing him more times

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 couldn’t figure out if

she had noticed that Brandon seemed to be keeping tabs on 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

pensive.

Sophia over a WhatsApp video call, “Dragging me to their company every day. Can’t

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