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

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

reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom to Kent’s

“Ms Cooper, Mr

suspiciously, then glanced towards Brandon’s office before heading over and

“Come in.”

deep and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed

“I’ve looked over your proposal, and

surprised, “So, do you agree

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

decision on whether we’ll go ahead with the partnership still

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

further, “When can I expect a response from you

“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 uneasy about

we speed things up a bit? Susan asked, adding with a buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all vying for other clients, and I don’t want to lose out on a

does get snatched away, then

hinting that he wasn’t that interested in

uninterested or if 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

but rant to Sophia about Brandon once she got home that

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

the subtle change in Sophia’s mood, “Any

power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his

up, So, was Brandon

Why would he stall you for no

a

He’s always been decisive and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have made the decision on the spot, not left it to

was confused too, Then what’s

her hands, indicating she was

even more

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

took place either in

room.

Brandon day after day, seeing him more

days off or weekends, the chances of bumping into Brandon

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 not saying he, she had caught him throwing glances her way amidst his busyness,

pensive.

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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