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

so many years, Kent knew pride

Brandon had finished reviewing the proposal and hit the intercom to

Susan, “Ms

towards Brandon’s office

“Come in.”

voice came from inside Susan pushed the door

at her, “I’ve looked over your proposal, and I think the area has potential. There’s room for

do you agree to

didn’t say that.”

Susan kept silence

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

Susan nodded. “No problem.”

can I expect a response

“Two weeks”

plus the time it would take to finalize contracts, it could take months to

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

business has its fate too. If it does get

he was indirectly hinting that he wasn’t

She couldn’t quite read Brandon’s mind

but rant to Sophia

patiently listened to Susan’s rant. When Susan mentioned the investment

the subtle change

head slightly, “Not really. But Brandon himself has absolute decision-making power. He could settle the whole Starlight Hotel deal on his own, no need to go through anyone or

stood up, So, was Brandon

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

thought for a bit,

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

too,

was just as clueless about

even

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

for these talks was Kent, and they took place

room.

him more times than

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

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

pensive.

some serious bug lately?” In the afternoon, during a break from 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

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