Chapter 21

She eyed Brandon cautiously, trying to gauge his mood. “Who’s that?”

“Sophia,” he said, his handsome face composed, not bothering with any fake pleasantries.

Susan frowned. “You looking for her for something?”

Brandon didn’t answer, just looked at her, repeating his question: “Where is she?”

Susan shook her head quickly “I don’t know”

Afraid that Brandon might not believe her, she quickly added, “I really don’t know She just went that way, we haven’t been in touch, I really don’t know her address. Susan continued, “you’ve got phones and WhatsApp, right? If you wanna find her, just shoot her a message

But as soon as the words left her mouth, she saw Brandon’s expression go blank again.

He didn’t say anything more, didn’t even ask her to delete the photo, just gave her a look and turned to leave.

Susan didn’t know what did she do wrong, but watching his cold silhouette, she couldn’t help but call out, “Brandon.”

Brandon stopped in his tracks but didn’t turn around.

Susan still looking at his back, asked, “You looking for Sophia for something?”

“Nothing

it’s nothing, then don’t bother her anymore, okay?

Brandon didn’t respond.

deep-set side profile tighten slightly, a bit cold, but he said nothing, neither good

about what Brandon was thinking and worried that her words might have blown a potential contract too, but since

through

was going to fall through too, but to her surprise, two days later, Kent suddenly informed her that Starlight Hotel had agreed to come on board, telling her to start

she was dreaming and couldn’t help but confirm with Kent over and over,

Kent, losing patience with the repeated confirmations, said,

no, it’s not that I just want to double-check,” Susan quickly appeased, not wanting to annoy the big shot, and couldn’t help but probe further, “Didn’t Mr. Crawley say before that it needed to go through the investment department for evaluation? Did it pass the

Crawley made the call himself, no need for the investment

on.” Susan paused, “If Mr. Crawley can make the call himself, why

just as confused. If Brandon could make the decision himself, why bother

in mysterious ways, Kent added, “Maybe he just didn’t take a

just as he finished, he saw Brandon glance his way from the

voice, “Alright, I’ve let you know. You guys get the contract

other end was chipper

wasn’t used to Susan’s saccharine tone and

go.” With that, Kent hung up without another word, and after the call, he couldn’t

a nod of his chin

rambling with Susan had been overheard by Brandon or what, but he

you wanted to

nodded slightly, picked up a folder from the top left corner of his desk, flipped through it, glanced at Kent. “Who’s currently in charge of managing the Starlight Hotel’s Ephemoran

puzzled.

the Ephemoran branch, personally appointed by Brandon Kent didn’t understand why Brandon was asking

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