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

for so many years, Kent knew pride wasn’t

and hit the intercom to Kent’s

hung up and looked at Susan, “Ms Cooper, Mr Crawley

office before heading

“Come in.”

from inside Susan pushed the door

looked over your proposal, and I

looked surprised, “So, do you agree to

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

my personal opinion, but the final decision on whether we’ll go

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

a bit? Susan asked, adding with a buttered-up smile, “My colleagues are all

fate too. If it does get snatched away, then it means the Starlight

that he wasn’t that interested in their

was genuinely 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

listened to

noticed the subtle change in Sophia’s mood,

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

stood up, So, was Brandon

Why would he stall you for no reason? If he’s

for a bit,

He’s always been decisive and straightforward. If he was interested, he would have made the decision

Susan was confused too, Then what’s

indicating she was just as clueless about

was even more

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,

these talks was Kent, and they took place

room.

seeing him more times than she had in the

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.

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

pensive.

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