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

for so many years, Kent

finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom to Kent’s desk

at Susan, “Ms

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

“Come in.”

and cool voice came from inside Susan pushed

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

do you

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

“When can I expect a response from

“Two weeks”

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

smile, “My colleagues are all vying for other clients, and I don’t want

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

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

talk. She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind and didn’t dare appear too anxious,

she said this, she couldn’t help but rant to Sophia about Brandon once she got home

she patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned

perceptive, instantly noticed the subtle change in

himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own, no need

stood up, So, was Brandon intentionally

for no

for a bit, “Is he

he would have made the decision on the spot, not left

Susan was confused too, Then

was just as clueless about

even more

of the 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 business district, bombarding her

and they took place either in

room.

Susan bumped into Brandon day after day, seeing him more times than she had in

it was pretty standard for her to duck out of 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 Brandon was seriously a workaholic who never took a break or if he was purposely dodging her visits to give her and Sophia some space. But let’s be real, in the

nothing more than toss a polite hey her way before scooting off to his

pensive.

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

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